Senior Additive Manufacturing Process Engineer

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

Job summary

RTX is seeking an experienced professional to join the Additive Manufacturing Process and Capability Center (AMPCC) at East Hartford. The role focuses on developing and deploying AM processes, tools, and metrology to accelerate adoption across RTX business units.

Ideal candidates will have strong CAD and scripting skills, hands-on AM equipment experience, and a track record in process-structure-property analysis to improve performance and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Requires university engineering degree or equivalent with 8+ years experience, or an advanced degree in a related field with 5+ years experience.
• Minimum 1 year scripting experience with Matlab, Python, VBA, JavaScript or similar.
• Minimum 2 years experience with CAD tools.
• Hands-on experience operating additive manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Support RTX Business Units by providing process expertise and IQ/OQ/MQ tools and best practices to increase the rate of additive adoption.
• Design advanced measurement tools capable of characterizing machine inputs and melt pool / material responses.
• Lead process development activity to improve print capability, increase speed, reduce cost and enhance material performance in support of RTX product initiatives.
• Develop tools for elucidating the Process-Structure-Property relationships of additive materials.
• Collaborate with government, industry, academic, and RTX partners to develop whitepapers and proposals.
• Execute and oversee development builds on a wide variety of AM machines.
• Work with cross-functional teams to support and improve the full value stream.

Skills

Matlab scripting

Python scripting

CAD tools

Education

Engineering degree

PhD in Mechanical/Manufacturing Eng

Tools

Additive manufacturing equipment

Job description

RTX is seeking an experienced professional to join the Additive Manufacturing Process and Capability Center (AMPCC) at East Hartford. The role focuses on developing and deploying AM processes, tools, and metrology to accelerate adoption across RTX business units.

Ideal candidates will have strong CAD and scripting skills, hands-on AM equipment experience, and a track record in process-structure-property analysis to improve performance and cost efficiency.