Process Engineer

Textron • Fort Worth, TX

3h

About The Position

Bell is seeking a Process Engineer to support manufacturing operations at our Drive Systems Center located in Grand Prairie, Texas. This position is responsible for designing and supporting complex production test stands that are used to qualify fully assembled production helicopter/tiltrotor transmissions through varying conditions in accordance with defined design requirements. This position serves as a technical resource to operators and maintenance staff while troubleshooting and repairing the mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic subsystems of the test stand. Finally, the employee ensures compliance with all best practices, customer, and industry specifications in support of air vehicle performance and safety requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree is required with preference in Mechanical, Electrical or Aerospace Engineering.
• Minimum of 5+ years experience in Mechanical or Aerospace Design, Controls Engineering, Manufacturing or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and ability to articulate technical data and concepts to a wide audience of individuals of different technical backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize a variety of activities and tasks while dealing with change.
• Exhibits a disciplined approach in initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing tasks to achieve specific goals to specific success criteria.
• Proficiency with basic office computer software, specifically the Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience using, troubleshooting, and programming PLC, HMI, and data acquisition systems.
• Previous experience diagnosing mechanical, electrical, and/or hydraulic system faults or issues.
• Previous experience with reading/interpreting electrical schematics.
• Willingness to have a “hands-on” approach to solving problems.

Responsibilities

• Develop test stand concepts based on defined testing parameters and specimen configuration, compiling estimates for the construction of the test stand, manage test stand build and track project schedules.
• Develop upgrades for legacy test stands to improve reliability, maintainability, and operation use.
• Participate in a cross functional team environment completing a variety of objectives depending on the program lifecycle assigned.
• Able to develop scope of work, resource estimates, progress metrics, and communication cadence for overall project management to meet objectives.
• Create detailed maintenance and operating procedures for the Production Test Stands and train key Production Operators how to operate the Production Test Stands.
• Diagnose run time errors, failures, and issues that may occur during a run, and determining repairs needed to maintain operation of the Test Stands.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level