Design Manager (Onsite)

Design Manager

Pratt & Whitney is seeking a Design Manager to join our Hot Section Engineering (HSE) team within the Engineering Support to Operations (ESTO) organization. Based at our Compressor System Module Center facility in Middletown, CT, you will provide technical and organizational leadership for the engineering strategy and execution supporting our production rotor hardware family. You will lead and develop a team of design engineers, drive engineering solutions that support production needs, and strengthen the team's technical capabilities while advancing process improvements across the ESTO organization.

What You Will Do:

• Lead and develop a team of design engineers supporting rotor hardware, establishing priorities, providing technical direction, and building engineering capability through targeted coaching, mentoring, and development plans.
• Establish and execute the production support strategy for the rotor hardware family, using engineering fundamentals, producibility data, Pro-Cert methodology, and lessons learned to drive timely, right-sized technical solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement across the ESTO design engineering organization by identifying opportunities for automation, process efficiency, and elimination of repetitive tasks and incorporating lessons learned into the product development cycle.
• Lead resource planning and assignment for Pratt & Whitney and outsourced engineering support, forecasting demand, addressing manpower gaps, and balancing resources to meet program and production requirements.
• Make risk-based technical and business decisions in a highly visible production environment, balancing engineering rigor, timeliness, cost, and hardware risk while communicating status, risks, and recommendations to cross-functional leadership and customers.
• Travel Requirement: 20% (Domestic and International).
• Support non-standard work hours when necessary to safely and efficiently meet production demand.

What You Will Learn:

• Gain leadership experience managing and developing design engineers supporting complex aerospace hardware in a production environment.
• Develop expertise in Hot Section rotor hardware, producibility, production support, and cost-of-quality improvement.
• Strengthen skills in risk-based engineering decision-making, right-sized analysis, and data-driven problem-solving.
• Gain experience managing internal and outsourced engineering resources while balancing production demand, technical priorities, and organizational needs.
• Build executive and customer-facing communication skills through cross-functional collaboration, technical presentations, and high-visibility production support activities.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field from an ABET-accredited institution and 8 years of relevant engineering experience, or an Advanced degree in a related field and 5 years of relevant engineering experience.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Advanced degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting Hot Section or rotor hardware.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and/or cross-functional technical teams, with the ability to prioritize multiple teams, hardware groups, and competing production requirements in a dynamic environment.
• Experience with production support, producibility, continuous improvement, and/or cost-of-quality initiatives.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills, with the ability to effectively engage engineers, cross-functional partners, leadership, and customers.
• Experience working effectively across internal and outsourced engineering organizations, balancing resources and priorities to achieve business and production objectives.