Principal Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering; Onsite

As a Manufacturing Engineering Lead, you provide direction, coordination, and technical expertise across manufacturing operations without direct people management. You partner closely with production, factory personnel, and the Factory Automation team to ensure seamless transitions from development into production. Your influence shapes processes, tooling, automation, and work instructions that enable safe, efficient, and high-quality manufacturing. You drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives, use data‑driven problem solving to resolve complex manufacturing challenges, and ensure manufacturing readiness across the product lifecycle.

• Provide day‑to‑day mentorship and coordination for Manufacturing Engineering activities
• Collaborate closely with the Factory Automation team to ensure production alignment and seamless transitions from development to manufacturing
• Partner with production and factory personnel to develop, implement, and sustain lean manufacturing processes and tools
• Develop, maintain, and ensure accuracy of job instruction sheets in accordance with current manufacturing requirements
• Create, review, and maintain manufacturing routings within Solumina
• Design, specify, and procure new or replacement tooling to support production and operational needs
• Lead systematic continuous improvement efforts to reduce manufacturing costs and improve efficiency, quality, and throughput
• Utilize manufacturing data to identify process issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions, including mistake‑proofing solutions
• Identify, evaluate, and lead process improvement and automation projects across manufacturing operations
• Drive and ensure achievement of manufacturing readiness levels (MRLs) for all activities supporting product development and production readiness

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and a minimum of 8 years prior relevant experience
  or
  an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience

• Ability to lead task planning and execution
• Experience in mentoring
• SAP Experience
• Experience in an aerospace or manufacturing environment

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and a separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal,  protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

Salary range: $107,500 - $204,500 USD.

Relocation may be available.

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.