Design Engineer (Associate, Experienced, or Senior)
About The Position
The Boeing Company’s Boeing Defense, Space & Security organization is seeking Associate, Experienced, or Senior Design Engineers to serve as Structural and Payload Design Engineers in El Segundo, California. The position is expected to be fully onsite. The engineer develops and modifies structural, payload-system, or Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) designs and provides product definition throughout the product lifecycle. The role supports design, supplier development, production, fabrication, integration, and testing activities, while coordinating with cross-functional teams, suppliers, production operations, and customers. The engineer applies 3-D CAD tools, such as Creo Parametric, and GD&T standards to develop integrated design layouts and engineering definition documents. The position also develops design and analysis processes, concepts for future products, and tooling and equipment integration workflows. Designs must meet safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, ergonomic, and regulatory requirements. The position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for that clearance. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret clearance is required after starting.
Requirements
- Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance after starting; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government for clearance eligibility.
- Related experience: 1 or more years for Level 2, 3 or more years for Level 3, or 5 or more years for Level 4.
- 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, or graphite layups.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, focused on Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace/Aeronautical, or Material Sciences.
- Understand GD&T standards (ASME Y14.5M).
- Work occasional compensated ad hoc support outside typical business hours.
Nice To Haves
- Antenna structures or antenna systems experience.
- Composite experience.
- RF components experience.
- Satellite experience.
- Experience with manufacturing methods, fabrication, or assembly processes.
- Spacecraft platform or bus structures experience.
- GSE or tooling experience.
- ABET accreditation is preferred, but not required, in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, interpret, and modify basic structural, payload-system, or MGSE component designs using 3-D CAD tools or other design methods.
- Provide product definition to engineering groups, production operations, suppliers, and external customers throughout the product lifecycle.
- Validate and verify that systems and components meet requirements and specifications.
- Manage supplier development, testing, and production activities, coordinating with suppliers to optimize designs and meet program goals.
- Develop design and analysis processes and tools to improve effectiveness, quality, and efficiency.
- Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies and develop concepts for future product designs to meet projected requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to interpret requirements, define interfaces, and develop integrated assembly designs and engineering definition documents.
- Provide engineering support during fabrication, integration, and testing of structural products at supplier sites and in-house facilities.
- Develop complex equipment and tooling concepts and design solutions for the Production System.
- Investigate emerging technologies for future product designs, vehicle integration, and testing to meet project requirements.
- Ensure compliance with safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, ergonomic, and regulatory requirements.
- Develop, integrate, and document vehicle tooling and equipment integration workflows based on design requirements to improve productivity during vehicle integration.
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 assistance based on candidate eligibility; basic relocation is offered for eligible internal candidates.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
