Senior Additive Manufacturing Process Engineer - AM Tech Leader

RTX Corporate; East Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX’s Additive Manufacturing Process and Capability Center (AMPCC) seeks a Senior Additive Manufacturing Process Engineer in East Hartford, CT to solve advanced manufacturing challenges for aerospace and defense.

You will lead AM data packaging, measure melt pool behavior, conduct root-cause investigations, and collaborate across RTX business units and external partners. This onsite role requires DoD Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Engineering Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience
• Minimum 2 years of scripting experience with Matlab, Python, VBA, JavaScript or similar
• Minimum 2 years of experience with CAD tools
• Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience operating manufacturing equipment

Responsibilities

• Develop AM Technical Data Packages for hardware demonstrators, providing process expertise and IQ/OQ/MQ tools to increase the rate of additive adoption
• Explore capabilities of advanced measurement tools for characterizing machine inputs and melt pool / material responses
• Lead root cause investigations on build failures, machine or process issues, or product performance gaps and implement corrective actions
• Quantify the Process-Structure-Property characteristics of additive materials
• Collaborate with government, industry, academic, and RTX Business Unit partners to develop whitepapers, project concepts, and responsive proposals
• Execute and oversee development builds on a wide variety of Additive Manufacturing machines
• Work with cross-functional teams including materials, design, simulation, operations, and characterization engineers to support and improve the full value stream

Skills

Scripting (Matlab/Python)

CAD tools

Manufacturing equipment

Education

Engineering degree

Advanced degree

Tools

AM equipment

Job description

RTX’s Additive Manufacturing Process and Capability Center (AMPCC) seeks a Senior Additive Manufacturing Process Engineer in East Hartford, CT to solve advanced manufacturing challenges for aerospace and defense.

You will lead AM data packaging, measure melt pool behavior, conduct root-cause investigations, and collaborate across RTX business units and external partners. This onsite role requires DoD Secret clearance.