Durability Environmental Effects Focal Sr. Engineer P3 (Onsite)

Pratt & Whitney; East Hartford (CT); Sur place; USD 87 000 - 165 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Résumé du poste

Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, CT is seeking an engineer to advance environmental exposure and durability for hot section components. You will support Durability CIPT product teams, collaborate across disciplines, and help define roadmaps for future models and test plans.

The role requires a STEM bachelor’s degree with 5 years of engineering experience (or an advanced degree/PhD with 3 years). You will develop predictive tools, validate models, and benchmark against academia and industry,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 5 years engineering experience, or advanced degree/PhD with 3 years.

Responsabilités

• Support Durability CIPT product teams addressing hardware environmental exposure challenges.
• Collaborate across disciplines and HSE Methods team to align environmental exposure tools with design vision.
• Define roadmaps for future models and environmental interaction with engine components.
• Develop validation plans for environmental effects on engine components and support testing.
• Track environmental exposure data and benchmark against academia and industry.

Connaissances

Durability design

CFD modeling

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Environmental exposure analysis

Formation

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Description du poste

Date Posted:

2026-10-30

Country: United States of America

Location: US-CT-EAST HARTFORD-L ~ 400 Main St ~ BLDG L

Position Role Type: Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status: Not Required

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems and has been revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

What Will You Do

• Support various Durability CIPT product teams in addressing business critical challenges related to hardware environmental exposure.
• Collaborate across disciplines and with HSE Methods team to environmental exposure tool sets requirement, inputs and outputs in alignment with the vision for Durability Design System.
• Contribute to define road-map for future models for environmental interaction with engine components.
• Identify gaps in existing environmental exposure predictive tools and collaborate with data acquisition teams to define test plans to bridge the gaps.
• Develop standard best practice for utilization and interpretation of CFD-based particle tracking models to evaluate hot section components.
• Develop, manage, validate and calibrate predictive models of environmental exposure interactions with engine components.
• Develop validation plans for environmental effects on engine components and support environmental rig and engine testing.
• Track fleet hardware environmental exposure and review environmental impacts on fielded engine hardware.
• Benchmark data and best practices from academia, government, industry.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
• 5 years of engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 3 years of engineering with an advanced degree or a PhD.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Background in Aero Thermal Sciences with concentration in heat transfer and fluid dynamics.
• Knowledge of gaspath hardware failure modes and mission life modeling for typical limiting modes such as oxidation, creep, corrosion and TMF.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, such as, investment casting, laser and EDM hole drilling, airflow, metallic and ceramic coatings
• Dirt/Particulate transport characterization and interaction with turbine hardware.

What We Offer:

• Benefits
• Relocation Assistance

Hot Section Engineering (HSE)

Hot Section Engineering is responsible for the design, development, technology maturation and in service support of all diffuser cases, combustors, turbines (vanes, blades, rotors and cases), augmenters (military), nozzles and associated fuel systems for all military, commercial and industrial engine models and radial auxiliary power units.

Technical disciplines in HSE include Project Engineering, Mechanical Design, Structural Analysis, Durability and Product Definition.

What is my role type?

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attendselect steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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