Senior Structural Engineer: Assembly Equipment Engineering (Onsite)

RTX•Middletown, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious. Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future. At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond? Pratt & Whitney, a recognized leading producer of the world's most advanced commercial and military turbine engines, is seeking an experienced structures engineer to join our organization in our Assembly Equipment Engineering Design group. As part of the P&W Assembly Equipment Engineering Design group, you will analyze custom tooling designs for assembly and disassembly operations on P&W development and production engines. You will collaborate with peers within the design group as well as with other disciplines such as Assembly Equipment Engineering – Project Engineers, Assembly Process Planners, and Product Development & Design Engineers to identify assembly equipment load requirements. You will combine mechanical design, structural mechanics, and engineering principles with computer aided design and finite element analysis to analyze newly designed assembly equipment in a critical role to creating functional, safe, reliable, and manufacturable assembly equipment. Development Operations provides services to support future products for global commercial airlines, industrial partners and military customers. Services include Assembly, Instrumentation and Test of engines and rigs and the associated facilities, hardware, data systems, software and technology to support this. Development Operations delivers our services in a safe, efficient and sustainable environment.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree in Engineering
5 years of mechanical structural engineering experience or an Advanced Degree in Engineering with 3 years of mechanical structural engineering experience.
Experience with structural finite element analysis (FEA).
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Nice To Haves

Understanding and application of mechanics statics, strength of materials, and machine design theories and concepts including axial, shear, bending, torsion, combined stress and buckling.
Proficiency in applying strength of materials theories, including stress concentration factors, stress-strain curves, material properties, and factors of safety.
Competence in mechanics statics theories, such as free-body diagrams, equilibrium equations, vector decomposition, geometric properties, friction force, rolling resistance, and overturning.
Experience with GD&T ASME Y14.5M-1994.
Experience with Teamcenter, Unigraphics NX, ANSYS Workbench and classical methods of structural analysis.
Assembly equipment experience.
Turbine jet engine assembly/disassembly equipment experience.
Turbine jet engine architecture knowledge.
Understanding of blueprints.

Responsibilities

Produce structural assessments of assembly equipment for military and commercial engines with minimal guidance.
Apply knowledge of engineering mechanics, statics, and strength of materials to perform comprehensive structural analysis.
Analysis may include both classical methods of manual calculations and/or creation of finite element models (FEM) for detailed finite element analysis (FEA) using Ansys Workbench.
Participate in multi-discipline teams to provide design solutions that balance customer requirements for durability, cost and weight.
Document and present analysis results in design review meetings with management and internal customers.