Principal Additive Manufacturing Design Engineer

About the Role

The Additive Manufacturing Process and Capability Center (AMPCC) encompasses a critical mass of Additive Manufacturing (AM) process and industrialization experts, the necessary equipment, and develops the strategic collaborations needed to rapidly mature the technology and manufacturing readiness of AM. The AMPCC is focused on the research, development, and deployment of additive manufacturing tools and processes for our business units.

What You Will Do

The Principal Additive Manufacturing Design Engineer will be challenged with solving unique and interesting problems to enable new commercial aerospace and defense products. They will be responsible for one or more of the following activities as they relate to the AMPCC, including:

• Support RTX Business Units by providing design and FEA expertise to increase the rate of additive adoption
• Development, demonstration, and documentation of design methodologies and tools for additive manufacturing including conventional CAD and implicit modeling-based approaches
• Definition of automated AM software tools and methodologies for interconnection of individual tools into a unified toolchain capable of operating on large, component-level scales
• Topology Optimization for generation of geometries enabled by additive manufacturing across structural, thermal, or hydrodynamic domains
• Execution of Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) projects to support business unit adoption of additively manufactured components and systems
• Establish relationships with government, industry, academic, and RTX Business Units and lead development of whitepapers, project concepts, and responsive proposals
• Management of multiple design, development, and demonstration projects
• Summarize and communicate results of key programs to upper management

Qualifications You Must Have

The preferred candidate should have a strong understanding of engineering principles and hands on experience working with laboratory equipment. Candidate must be able to work effectively in a multidisciplinary, collaborative team environment focused on innovation and have demonstrated both verbal and written communication skills including:

• Typically requires a University Engineering Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience
• Minimum 5 years CAD user (Siemens NX preferred) for mechanical design and product engineering
• Experience with finite element analysis (e.g. Ansys, Abaqus, COMSOL)
• Minimum 2 years scripting experience with CAD tools, Matlab, Python, VBA, JavaScript or similar
• Minimum 1 year experience with implicit modeling tools such as nTop including development of custom blocks

Qualifications We Prefer

• MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field
• Working understanding of AM processes including laser powder bed fusion

Benefits

• Parental (including paternal) leave
• Flexible work schedules
• Achievement awards
• Educational assistance
• Child/adult backup care

Pay

107,500 USD - 204,500 USD

Schedule

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.