Senior Additive Manufacturing Process Engineer

RTX • East Hartford, CT

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Additive Manufacturing Process Engineer will support the Additive Manufacturing Process and Capability Center (AMPCC), which develops and deploys additive manufacturing tools and processes for RTX business units. The role focuses on solving technical challenges that enable new commercial aerospace and defense products and on advancing the technology and manufacturing readiness of additive manufacturing.

Requirements

• Typically requires 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 is required because eligibility for a security clearance is required.
• An active and existing DoD Secret security clearance is required after day one.

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 an AS9100-certified production facility and/or a facility with NADCAP accreditation for additive manufacturing.
• Experience using advanced additive manufacturing build processors to design custom LPBF tool paths.
• Experience using statistical analysis software 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 process-structure-property characteristics of additive materials.
• Collaborate with government, industry, academic, and RTX business-unit partners to develop whitepapers, project concepts, and 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

• Parental leave, including paternal leave.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Achievement awards.
• Educational assistance.
• Child/adult backup care.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs.

What This Job Offers

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