Flight Data Translation Engineer

Boeing • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Flight Data Translation Engineer Company: The Boeing Company We are Boeing Global Services (BGS) Engineering team creating and implementing innovative technologies that make the impossible possible and enabling the future of aerospace. We provide engineering design and support, including aftermarket modifications, and are innovating to make product and services safety even stronger. Join us and put your passion, determination, and skill to work building the future! #TheFutureIsBuiltHere #ChangeTheWorld Boeing Seattle is seeking a Flight Data Engineer in Seattle, Washington to automate flight data translations within the Boeing Global Services, reporting to the Manager of Prognostics Development working out of the Seattle, WA office. The Flight Data Translation Engineer will be responsible for the delivery of cutting-edge flight data analytics products to commercial aviation customers. As part of an integrated product team, the successful candidate will be part of a technical team supporting product feature development and life support. In this role, the Flight Data Translation Engineer will work with a team of highly motivated aviation SMEs, software architects, developers, and data scientists. This role will work with portfolio leadership, development teams and stakeholders to establish and drive the implementation of flight data management for the success of each product and initiative.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry
• 1+ years of progressive experience in software development and design
• Experienced working with aerospace systems
• ARINC standards (ARINC 717, 767)
• 5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Nice To Haves

• 9+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• Working experience with cloud solutions
• Experience with programming, eg java or python, SQL
• Experience in data science and/or data analytics
• Advanced experience in business intelligence tools, statistics and data modelling
• Experience working in a global technology organization and managing many stakeholders
• Experience with airline safety, airline maintenance engineering, avionics or aircraft flight data recording
• Experience with Airbus and Boeing aircraft operations

Responsibilities

• Leverage the power of data and engagement insights to drive advancements in flight safety, fleet reliability and sustainability, while executing on the Boeing Flight Data Analytics value and vision
• Collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, product management, and airline customers in an agile environment
• Ensure high quality aviation domain data is available for advanced aviation data insights that benefit both our internal teams and customers
• Gain a deep understanding of our customers, their flight operations, and their analytics needs; you will play a pivotal role in finding innovative solutions to meet their evolving needs
• Configure, test and validate aircraft safety, maintenance, sustainability and reliability data models for use in product development, and create high quality documentation required to support these tasks
• Define and validate experiments using Machine Learning, as assigned by Lead Data Architect, or Product Management
• Ensure data integrity across the entire data pipeline by leveraging expert-level knowledge of ARINC 717, 767 and other protocols, as applied to different aircraft types, including Boeing and Airbus
• Proactively identify and troubleshoot data integrity issues to ensure products are providing an exceptional customer experience
• Employ expertise in database and schema design, anticipating the data questions and data narratives that stakeholders may require
• Perform hands-on technical work, including working with data, building utilities and tooling, and providing flight data and integrated dataset support to both the product team and customers
• Work closely with the lead data architect and product managers to strategically shape the future direction of our analytics product
• Undertake other tasks, projects, and initiatives as needed

Benefits

• Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees