Principal Fan Blade Design Engineer (Aerospace)

Pratt & Whitney; East Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation eligibility

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney’s East Hartford site seeks a Principal Design Engineer to support the Commercial Fan Blade Design Team in East Hartford, CT. You will provide production and engineering support for fan blade airfoils, driving improvements and solving manufacturing issues with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes corrective actions, MRB support, supplier coordination, and advancing toward SME responsibilities while ensuring producibility and quality in production deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant engineering experience, or an advanced degree with 5+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Experience in design, manufacturing, production or technical problem-solving.
• BS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering is preferred.
• Experience with fan blades, airfoils, MRB, engineering changes, supplier support or manufacturing problem resolution.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, leadership, cultural-awareness and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead corrective-action activities, Quality Notifications (QNs), Class II engineering changes, Cost of Poor Quality initiatives, and producibility improvements to improve quality, cost, and production performance.
• Identify and eliminate waste and recurring defects across the value stream by conducting root-cause investigations, establishing right-sized risk-based analysis, and implementing sustainable corrective actions.
• Collaborate with operations, quality, procurement, suppliers, and engineering SMEs to resolve production issues, support MRB activities, respond to supplier requests for information, and drive rapid closure of Stop Delivery Order (SDO)/ Fleet Podding Notification (FPN) investigations.
• Develop technical expertise in fan blade airfoils, serve as a primary contact for airfoil design activities, and progress toward SME and Delegate Approver responsibilities for applicable hardware.
• Prepare and present technical recommendations and program status to CSE, ESTO, and Operations management, while capturing producibility lessons learned and establishing best practices across production and engineering deliverables.

Skills

Root-cause investigations

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical presentation

Fan blade airfoils design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Advanced degree in Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Teamcenter

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Pratt & Whitney’s East Hartford site seeks a Principal Design Engineer to support the Commercial Fan Blade Design Team in East Hartford, CT. You will provide production and engineering support for fan blade airfoils, driving improvements and solving manufacturing issues with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes corrective actions, MRB support, supplier coordination, and advancing toward SME responsibilities while ensuring producibility and quality in production deliverables.