Associate Wiring Design and Installation Engineer

Boeing • North Charleston, SC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company’s Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), Seat Wire Integration (SWI) Electrical Design organization is hiring an Associate Wiring Design and Installation Engineer (Level 2) in North Charleston, South Carolina. The role focuses heavily on 787 seats and interiors and involves developing and maintaining electrical product detail, assembly, and installation designs for commercial aircraft, especially electrical cable and wire harness installations. This includes defining physical wire-routing layouts and accounting for supports and brackets, safety separation, parts selection, and environmental impacts, with safety and quality as priorities.

The engineer will analyze and develop design dispositions for discrepancies, collaborate with factory-floor partners to support safe and efficient production, and follow and identify improvements to processes, specifications, and procedures. The role also includes developing basic statements of work, participating in technical reviews of supplier capabilities, analyzing functional and physical requirements, and supporting design reviews. The engineer works under the general supervision of a lead engineer and an experienced mentor. This position is 100% onsite in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering focused on Electrical, Mechanical, or Aeronautical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, or Chemistry, or non-U.S. equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement.
• At least 2 years of experience with wire harness, electrical, and/or mechanical design.
• Must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person, as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62.
• Must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest assessment process.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with aviation or aerospace interiors.
• At least 1 year of experience with computer-aided design (CAD) tools.
• Experience working in a cross-functional team environment.
• Professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of CATIA V5.
• Ability to work hands-on with production and quality teams to resolve issues.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and production-floor support.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain electrical product detail, assembly, and installation designs, including cable routing, geometry, and brackets.
• Develop and maintain electrical cable and wire harness installation, detail, and assembly designs, including defining physical wire-routing layouts throughout the airplane.
• Account for wire supports and brackets, physical and functional safety separation, parts selection, and environmental impacts in design work.
• Develop and analyze engineering design dispositions for discrepancies, including rejection tags, production action requests, and shop revision requests.
• Collaborate with factory-floor partners to ensure designs can be built efficiently and safely.
• Follow documented processes, specifications, and procedures, and look for improvements that support safe, quality design and manufacture of electrical commodities.
• Develop basic statements of work.
• Participate in technical reviews of supplier capabilities to facilitate source selection.
• Analyze functional and physical requirements to support integrated designs and system architecture.
• Actively support critical analysis and design reviews.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Relocation based on candidate eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level