Senior Transmissions Design Leader (Onsite)

American Gear Manufacturers Association; East Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, CT, seeks a Senior Transmissions Design Manager to lead the MSEN Engineering Transmissions team and advance gearbox solutions from concept through testing to production.

You will mentor engineers, drive gearbox design across bevel, spur, helical gears, and lead validation activities while improving tools and processes for manufacturability and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Mechanical/Aerospace engineering with 10+ years of gear design experience.
• Experience with gear design tools: automated design, FEA, and hand calculations.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing transmissions engineering team.
• Lead gearbox and transmission design activities using bevel, spur, helical gears.
• Advance analytical tools and processes.
• Lead RRCA investigations and coordinate action items.
• Drive testing and validation activities with test rigs and data reporting.
• Collaborate across functions to meet performance, cost, and manufacturability goals.

Skills

Gear design

Mentoring

FEM analysis

Leadership

Education

BSc Mechanical/Aerospace

MS preferred

Tools

Gleason Works

Siemens NX

Job description

Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, CT, seeks a Senior Transmissions Design Manager to lead the MSEN Engineering Transmissions team and advance gearbox solutions from concept through testing to production.

You will mentor engineers, drive gearbox design across bevel, spur, helical gears, and lead validation activities while improving tools and processes for manufacturability and reliability.