Senior Data Scientist P3 (Onsite)

RTX (Raytheon); East Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

RTX Pratt & Whitney is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for the Commercial DPHM team based at the East Hartford facility. You will develop advanced diagnostics, prognostics, and health analytics to support commercial fleet operations.

Success requires expertise in statistics, data science, ML, and AI, plus strong collaboration with engineering and product teams to ensure models reflect engine behavior and real-world operation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM or related field, with 5 years of relevant experience or an advanced degree with 3 years of experience.
• Strong expertise in statistics, data science, machine learning, and AI techniques.
• Experience with Python and core data science libraries.

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced analytics using statistics, physics-informed approaches, machine learning, and AI on fleet data.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to ensure analytics reflect engine physics and customer needs.
• Define and advance analytic methods, modeling standards, and validation practices across the team.
• Support continuous performance monitoring and improvement of deployed analytics.

Skills

Statistics

Machine Learning

AI techniques

Data Science

Education

BSc in STEM

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Python

CI/CD

MLOps

Job description

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 You Will Do

Control & Diagnostic Systems (CDS) is a dynamic engineering organization focused on the development and certification of military and, commercial and industrial gas turbine engine control, and diagnostic systems. CDS is responsible for all aspects of Pratt & Whitney engine control and diagnostic system development including requirements analysis & definition, system & software architecture, algorithm design, and product software design, verification & validation. We integrate the control and diagnostic system design across other engine system modules and with the air vehicles and provide support throughout the complete engine product life cycle.

The Diagnostics, Prognostics & Health Management (DPHM) discipline within CDS develops and maintains systems that ingest and process engine data, tools that provide secure and efficient access, and analytics that generate critical insights and alerts to keep the commercial fleet operating reliably and efficiently.

Commercial DPHM is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to develop advanced diagnostics, prognostics, and engine health monitoring analytics supporting commercial fleet operations.

Success in this role requires expertise in statistics, data science, machine learning, and AI techniques, strong domain understanding, and the ability to collaborate closely with stakeholder teams to ensure models and analytics accurately reflect engine behavior and operational realities.

The position is based at the P&W East Hartford facility and is an onsite role.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop advanced analytics using statistical modeling, physics‑informed approaches, machine learning, and AI applied to operational fleet data.
• Solve challenging analytical problems, shaping solutions from concept through validation and deployment.
• Define and advance analytic methods, modeling standards, validation practices, and technical best practices across the Commercial DPHM data science team.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to ensure analytics align with engine physics, system behavior, and customer needs.
• Ensure deployed analytics meet expectations for accuracy, robustness, and reliability, and support continuous performance monitoring and improvement.
• Contribute to long‑term data science strategy, capability development, and roadmap planning for Commercial DPHM.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
• 5 years' prior relevant experience or an advanced degree in a related field with 3 years' prior relevant experience.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Expertise in a variety of statistics, data science, machine learning, and AI techniques
• Expertise with Python and core data science/modeling libraries.
• Experience developing analytics for operational, real-world, or safety-critical applications.
• Expertise in analyzing, modeling, and interpreting time series data.
• Experience with MLOps practices, including model versioning, automated testing, CI/CD for analytics, and managing models throughout their lifecycle.
• Experience deploying to cloud-based applications.

What We Offer

Benefits

• Relocation Assistance

Department Overview

Controls & Diagnostics Systems (CDS) develops complex, cyber‑resilient control systems and software for commercial and military engines including power and thermal management Systems and auxiliary power units. CDS also develops advanced diagnostic & health management systems to monitor our products, forecast events and h