Date Posted: 2024-06-21
Country: United States of America
Location: PW192: Carlsbad 5940 Darwin Court, Carlsbad, CA, 92008 USA
Position Role Type: Onsite
Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight-designing, building, and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we're seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious.
Come ready to explore and you'll find a place where your talent takes flight-beyond the borders of title, a country, or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we'll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that's evolving fast to the future.
What You Will Do
- Develop and manage processes for ceramic matrix addition by Chemical Vapor Deposition/Infiltration (CVD/I) to produce ceramic matrix composites.
- Work closely with manufacturing and engineering integrated teams to develop new processes and implement new designs into production to enhance material performance, eliminate quality turn backs, escapes, and reduce overall product costs.
- Apply Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC) technical understanding to drive material development and refinement strategies.
- Play an active role in the Integrated Product Team process for CMC turbine components.
- Provide focused & effective leadership in eliminating EH&S/Ergonomics/Human Factors risks and addressing quality issues as processes transition into production.
- Create and implement strategies for automation to improve quality and minimize process cost.
- Identify & implement shop floor process optimization, control methods, and work instructions (including specifications, engineering changes, QAD/process control, and tooling definition/requirements).
- Lead the strategy for comprehensive data collection and analysis from this process that will support robust process development and understanding as part of the digital thread for CMCs.
- Establish metrics for the process including yield, cost, cycle time, capacity, safety, delivery etc.
- Monitor outcomes to identify and implement improvement opportunities.
- Lead the advancement of Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) and support hardware production for Technology Readiness Level (TRL) demonstration.
- Conduct root cause investigations as required and implement corrective actions.
- Training of engineers and technicians.
- Monitor and improve OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) through implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practices.
- Identify, investigate, and implement new technology to address business goals.
- Support a 24/7 operation as required.
Qualifications You Must Have
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or Material Science and 10+ years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and 7+ years of relevant experience.
- US Citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
What We Offer
What is my role type?
In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. This role is:
Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
