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Charlottesville, VA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 203000 - 203000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Date Posted:

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW221: Mikro CharlottesvilleVA 1180 Seminole Trail Suite 220 Charlottesville VA 22901 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flightdesigning building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within were seeking the people to drive it. So calling all curious.

Come ready to explore and youll find a place where your talent takes flightbeyond the borders of title a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and well welcome you into a tightknit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry thats evolving fast to the future.

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

What You Will Do:

Pratt & Whitney Mikro Systems manufactures ceramic cores and tooling for turbine castings. Mikro Systems uses a manufacturing process that produces intricate advanced ceramic cores. Our innovative processes are evolving to keep pace with continually progressing turbine designs. The Mikro team is seeking a talented Ceramic Engineer who can support the design of innovative ceramic systems that challenge the current state of the art in the world of precision investment castings.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Innovate with novel ceramic formulations and processes to support new core product designs.
  • Support ceramic core development to understand correlations between ceramic core material formulations and ceramic manufacturing techniques.
  • Provide Operations support and assist with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) process for issues arising from ceramic materials.
  • Support and/or participate in Continuous Improvement (CI) events and CORE activities (quality improvement) of ceramic core materials.
  • Develop comprehensive ceramic material qualification procedures and collaborate with the Quality Materials lab to release product for Operations.
  • Collaborate with metal casting source to understand ceramic core compatibility to achieve design intent.

Qualifications You Must Have:

  • A Bachelors Degree in related or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in related field and 5 years prior relevant experience.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office computer software including MS Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook.
  • US Citizenship required due to government contract.

Qualifications We Prefer:

  • Turbine Blade / Vane knowledge.
  • Knowledge of investment casting and molding tooling design.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with leadership and executive team.
  • Knowledge of polymeric materials: Use in ceramic forming processes (rheology cure processing parameters); Characterization & performance testing; Material selection (different polymeric material families properties)
  • Strong Design of Experiment Methodology and Process Variation Awareness.
  • Experience working various aspects of ceramic material/processing: Materials (Raw materials & compositions) Forming Techniques (Casting Injection molding) Firing and Dimensional Control; Machining Post processing and Metal casting interactions; Rheology and Process Parameters; Characterization of raw materials ceramic slurries and resultant product; New Material Selection (families of materials & properties)

Learn More & Apply Now

In addition to transforming the future of flight we are also transforming how and where we work. Weve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. 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.

The salary range for this role is 101000 USD 203000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer including but not limited to the role function and associated responsibilities a candidates work experience location education/training and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including but not limited to medical dental vision life insurance shortterm disability longterm disability 401(k) match flexible spending accounts flexible work schedules employee assistance program Employee Scholar Program parental leave paid time off and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collectivebargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual shortterm and/or longterm incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collectivebargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including but not limited to individual performance business unit performance and/or the companys performance.

This role is a U.S.based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act.

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