
Prin. Engineer, Mech Design (Onsite)
east hartford, CTJob$108–205K/yrPosted 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Principal Mechanical Design Engineer supports design across the full design cycle for components in fan and low-pressure compressor modules, as well as the installed fleet. The role focuses on component optimization, maintainability, field-issue verification and redesign, and design standards. It also resolves complex design problems, coordinates with engineering personnel, and provides technical leadership to integrated product teams.
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Full job description
Date Posted:
2026-11-05
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-CT-EAST HARTFORD-ENG ~ 400 Main St ~ BLDG ENG
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons.
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Security Clearance Type:
None/Not Required
Security Clearance Status:
Not Required
At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems and has been revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
What You Will Do
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Design support across all phases of the design cycle, preliminary through detailed design, validation, manufacturing, and operational service and will work on the designs of any component within the fan and LPC modules (i.e. cases, frames, IBR’s, bypass ducts, kinematics, etc…)
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Support the existing installed 24K and 30K fleet through enhanced commonality and optimization of components to ensure that the current and future needs of the business and customer are met.
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Expand maintainability for our commercial customers and MRO facilities as well as work with our development departments to support the test and verification of field issues and redesigns
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Design and implements common procedures and standard work across the organization to optimize efficiency and quality. Also develop data and makes layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal.
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Design and review layouts of components, calculate stack-up of detail components, and perform major cost studies consisting of new or existing details and/or marked prints and all supporting documentation, when necessary, to facilitate operations and ensure that established objectives and budgets are achieved.
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Resolve design problems of difficult-to-complex scope to ensure project completion as well as review completed layouts and drawings to ensure clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.
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Communicate with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and ensure project completion. Also, provide technical leadership on IPT’s and when required, assists in training less experienced engineers to help them diagnose and solve problems and build capabilities.
Qualifications You Must Have
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B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering with 8+ years of Mechanical Design engineering experience OR
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Advanced degree with 5+ years of experience
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Experience with hardware, reading blueprints, and manufacturing methods
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Experience with engineering standard work and with Class I and/or II EC process
Qualifications We Prefer
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M.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering
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Good communication and interpersonal skills
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Experience with fault tree investigation tool
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Proficiency in FEA, and/or classical methods of analysis
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Proficiency in Teamcenter, NX
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Active Government Security Clearance
What We Offer
- Relocation Eligibility
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Compression Systems Engineering (CSE)
Compression Systems Engineering is responsible for the design, development, and in service support of all fans low-pressure and high-pressure compressors for commercial and military engine models. CSE is responsible for the identification and maturation of new technologies for these products.
Technical disciplines in CSE include Project Engineering, Mechanical Design, Structural Analysis, and Product Definition.
Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as:
Onsite : Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
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.
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.
The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 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 candidate’s 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, short-term disability, long-term 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 collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining 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 company’s 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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Raytheon Technologies 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.
How this job compares
Set against the 726 open Mechanical Design Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$108–205K/yr
- US median$104–160K/yr472 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $156K, is 20% above the US median midpoint ($130K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Design Engineer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 16 open Mechanical Design Engineer jobs in Connecticut and 726 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Actalent63 open
- RTX Corporation (this employer)41 open
- SpaceX27 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Mechanical Design Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (620 postings).
- Education
- 440 of the 726 open Mechanical Design Engineer jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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