Flight Controls Systems Service Engineer (Entry-Level or Associate)

Boeing•Seal Beach, CA

4d•$80,750 - $135,700•Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company is hiring for a Flight Controls Systems Service Engineer (Entry-Level or Associate) to join our Boeing Commercial Airplane division in Seal Beach, California. As a Flight Controls Systems Service Engineer, you will play a crucial role in supporting customers’ operations of most of our Boeing Commercial Airplane models. This includes primarily the 787 operating fleets, and opportunities to support all other Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas models. You will collaborate directly with airline customers to resolve issues related to aircraft flight controls systems, including both primary (ailerons, elevators, rudder) and secondary (spoilers, horizontal stabilizer, leading-edge slats and flaps, trailing-edge flaps) flight control surfaces. Flexibility is important as you may need to address urgent issues and lead technical airline meetings outside regular working hours. There may be days or periods where you need to work non-standard shifts to support the 24/7/365 operation of the fleet - Saturday and Sunday work will occasionally be required. Additionally, this role involves traveling domestically or internationally around 10% of the time to support airline technical troubleshooting, repairs, and review meetings. Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Flight Controls Systems Service Engineer (Entry-Level or Associate).

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement.
1+ years of aerospace, flight controls, or related work experience.
Able and willing to work outside of standard 1st shift to support 24/7/365-day operation - Saturday and Sunday work will occasionally be required.
Willing and able to travel domestically and internationally 10% of the time.

Nice To Haves

Aptitude to present to senior leadership.
Ability to collaborate with multiple team functions.
Willingness to expand into technical areas without prior experience.
Level 2: 3+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

Provides technical, design and informational support for basic production, product support or in-service issues.
Troubleshoots basic system problems consistent with operational protocols.
Supports analysis, definition and verification of basic requirements.
May modify basic requirements based on defined requirements using approved processes and tools.
Supports and/or creates and provides basic technical documentation (e.g. Fleet Team Digest articles, service letters, drawings, specifications, documents, data sets, design folders, test requirements documents, manuals) in accordance with engineering processes and procedures for internal reference or external delivery.
Assists with the study and assessment of technology development by gathering data, supporting testing and documenting findings.
Supports review of technical design, analysis, and production by reviewing documentation, participating in design reviews, and observing tests and audits to ensure compliance.
Assists with the investigation of problems to provide engineering design disposition of discrepancies.
Supports and/or leads the research of technical, operational and quality issues that cannot be resolved by the customer.
Assists in designing and/or providing analysis of interim and final engineering solutions to return airplanes to revenue service.
Works with and possibly directing cross-functional teams to conduct root cause analysis and develop dispositions for complex design non-conformances.
Assists in the development of customer correspondence for continued safe operation and maintenance of equipment.
Assists in solving problems and provides other support of fielded hardware and software over the entire product lifecycle.