Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Onsite)
About The Position
Pratt & Whitney is seeking a goal-oriented, detail-focused Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to support the Engineering Support to Operations (ESTO) team in West Palm Beach, Florida. This role focuses on production support for commercial and military products, including quality notifications, corrective actions, engineering changes, cost reduction, and producibility improvements. The engineer will work cross-functionally with operations, quality, procurement, engineering Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and outsource teams to drive root-cause solutions and continuous improvement. The ESTO team provides dedicated support by eliminating quality notifications, escapes, works stops and enabling producibility and delivery of legacy and new parts, assemblies, modules, and engines. ESTO covers all engine programs and part families, enabling engine deliveries, first piece reviews, first article inspections, analysis automation, process certification. ESTO also supports the Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) initiative in Operations. Technical disciplines in ESTO include Project Engineering, Mechanical Design, Structural Analysis, Product Definition, and Manufacturing Engineering.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 5 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced degree in a related field with 3 years of relevant experience.
- Relevant experience in mechanical engineering, design, manufacturing, production support, or a related engineering discipline.
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Nice To Haves
- Aerospace industry experience in a design and/or manufacturing environment.
- Proficiency with MS Office, SAP, Teamcenter, Unigraphics/NX, ANSYS, and classical engineering analysis methods.
- Understanding of aerospace hardware, engineering blueprints/drawings, and manufacturing methods.
- Experience with Quality Notifications, engineering changes, Cost of Poor Quality, or producibility improvement initiatives.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, leadership, and cultural-awareness skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead corrective-action activities associated with Quality Notifications (QNs), cost reduction, and producibility initiatives, driving issues from root-cause investigation through implementation and closure.
- Develop Class II engineering change packages using Pro-Cert methodology and data-driven decision-making to improve quality, cost, and product/process producibility.
- Lead Engineering First Piece Reviews at suppliers, Cost of Poor Quality and production improvement initiatives, identify process waste, and proactively eliminate recurring QNs and repeat analysis.
- Collaborate with operations, quality, procurement, engineering SMEs, outsource teams, and suppliers to develop and implement product and process improvements while strengthening technical execution.
- Prepare and present technical content and program status to Component Integrated Product Teams (CIPTs), Compression Systems Engineering (CSE)/ESTO management, and Program Management, while capturing lessons learned and driving continuous improvement into the product development cycle.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- flexible work schedules
- employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- parental leave
- paid time off
- holidays
- Relocation assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
