Senior Principal Transmissions Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary teams to tackle MSEN transmissions' top technical issues and seamlessly integrate gearbox designs, presenting key results to customers and executive leadership.
• Perform comprehensive design and analysis on aerospace hardware across varied gear types (spur, helical, bevel, and spiral bevel) using automated tools, FEA, and precise hand calculations.
• Spearhead transmission's root cause investigation teams—directing work, assigning/closing action items, and delivering findings to engineering leadership.
• Review team members' work and provide hands‑on guidance to less experienced engineers with a specific focus on accelerating proficiency.
• Actively manage, align, and integrate the complex technical requirements of external suppliers holding design ownership.
• Lead entire test programs, including rig development, test plan creation, instrumentation/limit selection, pre‑test predictions, data post‑processing, and reporting.
• Advance gear manufacturing readiness (hobbing, shaping, broaching, milling, heat treating, superfinishing) while improving ESW/EKS, analytical tools, and training materials.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field with 10 years of gear design and analysis experience, or an Advanced degree in a related field with 7 years of gear design and analysis experience.
• At least 3 years of direct experience working with complex Mechanical Systems hardware with proven expertise in industry‑standard tools for gear design and manufacturing.
• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or actively pursuing an Advanced degree in a related field preferred.
• An active U.S. Security Clearance preferred.
• Exceptional communication, task coordination, and cross‑functional leadership skills.
• Proficiency in Gleason Works software and Siemens NX.