Senior Additive Manufacturing Process Engineer
About The Position
The Additive Manufacturing Process and Capability Center (AMPCC) brings together additive manufacturing process and industrialization experts, equipment, and strategic collaborations to mature the technology and manufacturing readiness of additive manufacturing. It researches, develops, and deploys additive manufacturing tools and processes for RTX business units. The Senior Additive Manufacturing Process Engineer solves technical challenges that enable new commercial aerospace and defense products. The role supports business units with additive manufacturing technical data packages, process expertise, and tools that increase adoption. It also explores advanced measurement tools, investigates build and process issues, characterizes additive materials, collaborates with external and internal partners, oversees development builds, and supports the manufacturing value stream with cross-functional teams. This is an onsite U.S.-based position in East Hartford, Connecticut. U.S. citizenship and an active, existing DoD Secret security clearance after the first day are required.
Requirements
- A university engineering degree or equivalent experience and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 3 years of experience.
- At least 2 years of scripting experience with Matlab, Python, VBA, JavaScript, or similar.
- At least 2 years of experience with CAD tools.
- At least 1 year of hands-on experience operating manufacturing equipment.
- Strong understanding of engineering principles and hands-on experience working with laboratory equipment.
- Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary, collaborative team environment focused on innovation.
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
- U.S. citizenship and an active, existing DoD Secret security clearance after day 1.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Minimum 3.5 GPA.
- Experience with metal laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing tools and processes.
- Experience working in a production facility certified to AS9100 and/or NADCAP-accredited for additive manufacturing.
- Experience using advanced additive manufacturing build processors to design custom LPBF tool paths.
- Experience using statistical analysis software packages such as Minitab, Stat-Ease360, or similar.
Responsibilities
- Support RTX business units by developing additive manufacturing technical data packages for hardware demonstrators, providing process expertise, and developing IQ/OQ/MQ tools to increase additive manufacturing adoption.
- Explore advanced measurement tools to characterize machine inputs and melt pool and material responses, with the goal of quantifying and reducing variability.
- Lead root-cause investigations into build failures, machine or process issues, and product performance gaps, and implement corrective actions.
- Quantify the process-structure-property characteristics of additive materials.
- Collaborate with government, industry, academic, and RTX business unit partners to develop whitepapers, project concepts, and responsive proposals.
- Execute and oversee development builds on a wide variety of additive manufacturing machines.
- Work with cross-functional materials, design, simulation, operations, and characterization engineers to support and improve the full value stream.
Benefits
- Compensation
- Healthcare
- Wellness benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Work/life benefits
- Career development and recognition programs
- Parental leave, including paternal leave
- Flexible work schedules
- Achievement awards
- Educational assistance
- Child/adult backup care
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation may be available, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage; payments are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
