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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.

Innovation through diversity of thought. At Pratt & Whitney, we believe diversity of thought enables creativity, innovation, and a foundation for inclusion. By fostering an inclusive culture, we accept a shared accountability and responsibility to recognize, sponsor, coach, hire and promote talent equally. We welcome our employees to be their whole - best - selves at work because trust, respect and integrity, are a part of our DNA.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

Summary:

Welding & joining is a key enabler for Pratt & Whitney’s dependable engines. The Welding & Joining Senior Technical Fellow will be the voice of the welding & joining discipline. The Welding & Joining Senior Technical Fellow will ensure the manufacturing process capability and control are key considerations to product design requirements and best practices are used in production to yield quality products with lowest cost.

This role is key to Pratt & Whitney’s operational transformation. You will be directly impacting product safety, performance, quality, delivery, and cost. This role will have direct linkage to pervasive lean, process control, automation, new technologies, and Industry 4.0.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Pratt & Whitney’s Weld Council which consists of all welding subject matter experts across Pratt & Whitney worldwide manufacturing sites; lead resolution of systemic quality and production issues associated with welding / joining processes across all Pratt & Whitney products produced internally and externally at a supplier site

• Own the technology roadmap and strategic plans to advance process capability and incorporate key operational excellence initiatives including Design for Manufacturability, Engineered Processes, Process Control, Integrated Quality Validation, Lean, Automation and Industry 4.0; drive integration for Pratt & Whitney’s product development and validation organizations to align design requirements with internal and external manufacturing capability

• Own the welding & joining process level Process Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (PFMEA) and linkage to product level PFMEA’s driving implementation of best practices using systematic process control methods; own welding & joining discipline proficiency, discipline curriculum

• Develop talent by developing and teaching welding related training courses and directly mentoring engineers

• Drive integration of Model Based Definition, Manufacturing & Inspection elements, and process modeling of weld features to support Pratt & Whitney’s model based Digital Thread initiative

• Be the key change agent for the implementation of emerging technologies and emerging company business strategy such as conducting MRL & TRL progression gate reviews, industry 4.0 mapping, Intellectual Property & Patents, and equipment standardization initiatives; contribute to RTX Aerospace technology, industry forums and university collaborations to keep abreast of emerging technology trends & influence future technical direction; develop and maintain welding & joining related technical documents including engineering/quality specifications and manufacturing standard operation procedures

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Welding Engineering or equivalent field and minimum 14 years' experience in an aerospace or production environment or a master’s degree in Welding Engineering or equivalent field and minimum 12 years' experience in an aerospace or production environment

• Experience with team building and interacting within all levels of an organization

• Prior experience teaching and mentoring staff at various levels of an organization

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract

• Travel required (

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree or Doctoral Degree in Welding Engineering

• Certification in handling process variation such as Six Sigma or Lean process

• Prior experience leading the welding discipline in a large corporation with multiple manufacturing sites and a large supplier base

What is my role type?

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is:

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. This means that responsibilities of the job need to be performed onsite on a regular basis.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

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.

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