Engine Control Laws and Fuel System Control Principal Engineer P4 Onsite - Pratt & Whitney

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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.

• Plan and develop model predictive control and parameter estimation algorithms for military and commercial engine programs.
• Develop engine, actuation, and fuel system dynamic models and apply these models for development of functional requirements for control law algorithms, fuel system and actuation dynamics.
• Develop model-based sensor and actuator fault detection, isolation, and accommodation (FDIA) algorithms.
• Collaborate with internal customers/stakeholders to identify opportunities for control law product and process improvements.
• Create and improve process and standards for development, validation, and verification of engine control laws, fuel system control laws, and FDIA algorithms.
• Provide technical review and oversight of control and parameter estimation algorithm design and analysis.
• For emerging algorithm issues, lead root cause determination and corrective action throughout entire product life cycle from initial concept phases, through engine testing and in-service operation.
• Develop and update control law training materials and provide mentoring and training for team members.

• Gas turbine engine control law theory and practice.
• Realtime gas turbine engine modeling and analysis.
• State estimation for gas turbine engine performance estimation.
• Engine operability and performance.
• Engine control law software verification and validation.
• State of the art dynamic modeling methodologies.
• Model based requirements processes.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
• 8 years of engineering experience or 5 years with an advanced degree