Senior Electric Propulsion Systems Engineer (Hybrid-Electric)

Pratt & Whitney; East Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, CT is seeking Electric Propulsion System Engineers (EPSE) to architect, design, and develop hybrid-electric propulsion system components for aerospace applications. This onsite role requires applying cross-disciplinary knowledge across power electronics, control systems, and avionics to meet program objectives.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team, develop system-level requirements, perform modeling in MATLAB/Simulink, and contribute to hardware

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM).
• 5 years of engineering experience, or an Advanced Degree and 3 years’ experience.

Responsibilities

• Systems engineering of electric powertrain systems for aerospace electric propulsion.
• Development of electrical system and subsystem requirements to meet platform level objectives.
• Modeling of electric powertrain systems at various levels of fidelity to inform designs and processes.
• Electrical system protections design including protection strategy, analysis of trip curves and selectivity, insulation coordination, and failure analysis.
• Development of integrated electric system verification and validation plans.
• Analysis of simulation and test data, presentation and visualization of results for a diverse audience.
• Coordination with internal and external customers regarding electric propulsion system content in engine trade studies and designs.
• Potential to serve as Agile Scrum Master, Product Owner, Product Manager, and/or part of the development team

Skills

Systems engineering

Modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree STEM

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, CT is seeking Electric Propulsion System Engineers (EPSE) to architect, design, and develop hybrid-electric propulsion system components for aerospace applications. This onsite role requires applying cross-disciplinary knowledge across power electronics, control systems, and avionics to meet program objectives.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team, develop system-level requirements, perform modeling in MATLAB/Simulink, and contribute to hardware