Design Engineer (Associate, Experienced, or Senior)

Boeing•El Segundo, CA

11d•$90,950 - $182,850•Onsite

About The Position

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) seeks Design Engineers to serve as Structural and Payload Design Engineers for our team in El Segundo, CA. This position is expected to be fully onsite in El Segundo, CA. The role involves developing, maintaining, interpreting, and modifying structural and payload system designs using 3-D CAD tools. Responsibilities include understanding GD&T standards, validating systems and components, managing supplier development, developing new design processes, collaborating with cross-functional teams, providing engineering support, and developing complex equipment and tooling concepts. The role also requires investigating emerging technologies for future product designs and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Ability, after starting in the role, to get a TS/SCI U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship.
Experience using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.
Experience in Space Hardware environments, such as satellites.
Experience with structural engineering, payload engineering, or systems engineering.
Experience with composite materials and processes, such as honeycomb sandwich panels, carbon fiber layups, graphite layups.
Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus on Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace Aeronautical or Material Sciences).
Ability and willingness to work occasional compensated ad hoc support outside of typical business hours.

Nice To Haves

Antenna Structures or Antenna Systems experience.
Composite experience.
RF Components experience.
Satellite experience.
Experience working with manufacturing methods, fabrications, or assembly processes.
Spacecraft platform or bus structures experience (S/C Bus).
GSE/Tooling experience.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, interpret, and modify basic structural and payload system, or Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) component designs using 3-D CAD tools (such as Creo Parametric) or other design methods, to provide product definition to other engineering groups, production operations, suppliers and external customers throughout the product lifecycle.
Understand Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T – ASME Y14.5M) standards.
Validate and verify systems and components meet requirements and specifications.
Manage supplier development and test and production activities. Coordination with suppliers to optimize design and achieve program goals.
Develop new design and analysis processes and tools to improve effectiveness, quality and efficiency of the development effort.
Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies to develop concepts for future product designs to meet projected requirements.
Collaborate with cross functional teams to interpret requirements, define interfaces and develop innovative integrated assembly designs using thorough design layouts to produce engineering definition documents.
Provide engineering support throughout fabrication, integration, and test of structure products at suppliers and in-house facility.
Develop complex equipment and tooling concepts and design solutions for the Production System
Investigate emerging technologies to create concepts for future product designs, vehicle integration, and testing to meet project requirements.
Ensure compliance with safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, ergonomic factors, and regulatory requirements.
Develop, integrate, and document vehicle tooling and equipment integration workflows based on design requirements to enhance productivity during vehicle integration.