Process Engineer

Position Overview

Bell is seeking a Process Engineer to support manufacturing operations at our Drive Systems Center located in Grand Prairie, Texas. This position is responsible for designing and supporting complex production test stands used to qualify fully assembled production helicopter/tiltrotor transmissions through varying conditions per defined design requirements. The role serves as a technical resource to operators and maintenance staff while troubleshooting and repairing the mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic subsystems of the test stands, ensuring compliance with best practices, customer, and industry specifications in support of air vehicle performance and safety.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop test stand concepts based on defined testing parameters and specimen configuration, compiling estimates for construction, managing test stand build, and tracking project schedules.
• Develop upgrades for legacy test stands to improve reliability, maintainability, and operational use.
• Participate in a cross-functional team environment, completing various objectives depending on the program lifecycle.
• Develop scope of work, resource estimates, progress metrics, and communication cadence for overall project management to meet objectives.
• Create detailed maintenance and operating procedures for the production test stands and train key production operators.
• Diagnose runtime errors, failures, and issues during operations and determine necessary repairs to maintain test stand function.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree is required, with preference in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering.
• Experience Required: Minimum of 5 years of experience in Mechanical or Aerospace Design, Controls Engineering, Manufacturing, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Qualifications: Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and articulate technical data and concepts across diverse technical backgrounds.
• Qualifications: Proven ability to organize and prioritize a variety of activities and tasks while managing change.
• Responsibilities: Exhibits a disciplined approach in planning, executing, controlling, and closing tasks to achieve specific goals and success criteria.
• Qualifications: Proficiency with basic office computer software, specifically the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Qualifications: Previous experience using, troubleshooting, and programming PLC, HMI, and data acquisition systems.
• Qualifications: Previous experience diagnosing mechanical, electrical, and/or hydraulic system faults or issues.
• Qualifications: Previous experience with reading/interpreting electrical schematics.
• Qualifications: Willingness to adopt a hands-on approach to solving problems.

Benefits & Perks

• Location: US-Texas-Fort Worth
• Schedule: Full-time
• Shift: First Shift
• Job Level: Individual Contributor
• Job Type: Experienced
• Travel: Yes, 5% of the Time
• Relocation: Unavailable
• Job Posting: 01/19/2026, 1:02:58 PM
• Job Number: 338921