Senior Tooling Design Engineer – CMC Turbines

Prattwhitney; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Relocation Package

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney, a RTX company, seeks a Senior Tooling Engineer to design tooling for Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) turbine components and support manufacturing maturation. You will establish GD&T practices, analyze tooling performance and collaborate across engineering and manufacturing teams.

The role emphasizes on-site collaboration, process development, and tooling optimization to reduce costs and improve quality in a challenging aerospace environment. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years engineering experience, or 3+ years with an advanced degree.
• Proficiency with CAD tools such as NX, CATIA, Creo, or SolidWorks.
• In-depth knowledge of GD&T principles, including interpreting and applying complex tolerancing schemes.
• Demonstrated experience with manufacturing processes and assembly techniques.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Responsibilities

• Design tooling for all processes used to manufacture CMCs.
• Establish tooling design practices for materials, dimensions, tolerances, work holding and tooling for prototyping, low-volume and high-volume production.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and engineering teams to design solutions that support process development.
• Participate in the Integrated Product Team process for CMC turbine components.
• Support implementation of automation to improve quality and minimize process cost.
• Identify and implement shop floor process optimization, control methods, and work instructions.
• Support data collection and analysis related to tooling; establish metrics for tooling effectiveness, cost and durability.
• Support advancement of CVI Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) and hardware production for TRL demonstration.
• Conduct root cause investigations and implement corrective actions; monitor and improve OEE through TPM.
• Identify, investigate and implement new technology to address business goals.

Skills

CAD tools proficiency

GD&T knowledge

Manufacturing experience

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX

CATIA

Creo

SolidWorks

Job description

Pratt & Whitney, a RTX company, seeks a Senior Tooling Engineer to design tooling for Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) turbine components and support manufacturing maturation. You will establish GD&T practices, analyze tooling performance and collaborate across engineering and manufacturing teams.

The role emphasizes on-site collaboration, process development, and tooling optimization to reduce costs and improve quality in a challenging aerospace environment. U.S. citizenship is required.