Process Engineer (Associate or Mid-Level)

Boeing • Everett, WA

68d • $78,200 - $105,800 • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), Digital Engineering PLM (DE-PLM) Organization has an exciting opportunity for a Process Engineer (Associate or Mid-Level) to join the team in Everett, Washington. The DE-PLM Process Engineer drives end-to-end improvement of engineering, manufacturing, and product support processes across the product lifecycle with a strong emphasis on configuration management (CM), Engineering Bill of Materials, Process Authoring, Development and Maintenance. This role applies industry-standard methods (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) and advanced planning techniques to establish and maintain consistency between product requirements, design, and as-built/as-maintained configurations. This role will support sustaining processes, applications, program support and development of new PLM Platforms creating Digital Threads.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
• Experience with PLM systems and digital thread integration (e.g., requirements, EBOM/MBOM, change control).
• 2+ years related work experience.
• Experience analyzing and improving engineering/manufacturing processes using Lean and/or Six Sigma techniques.
• Working knowledge of product development lifecycles, product structures/BOMs, and change/configuration management.
• Ability to build cross-functional planning models and perform integration analyses using digital visualization/simulation tools.
• Strong problem-solving, systems thinking, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Ability to work under general direction and deliver results in a multi-disciplinary environment.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years related work experience.
• 3+ years experience with CAD/MBE.
• Background in aerospace product development, certification, or airworthiness compliance.
• Familiarity with Critical Chain Project Management.

Responsibilities

• Analyze engineering design, manufacturing, and support requirements to optimize complex processes throughout the value stream using Lean, Six Sigma, and data-driven methods.
• Develop and implement program transition plans to improve existing processes and enable effective adoption of new tools, PLM capabilities, and digital thread practices.
• Apply Lean Product Development, Theory of Constraints, and Critical Chain Project Management to construct program planning models that simulate multi-functional dependencies across the development lifecycle.
• Provide technical integration analysis to engineering teams using virtual visualization and simulation tools; drive early integration and risk reduction.
• Lead and mature configuration management practices to maintain functional, physical, build, and support integration status, ensuring accurate, controlled product data across change processes.
• Analyze specific product configurations and requirements for completeness, compliance, and traceability; ensure alignment across engineering, supplier, manufacturing, and support domains.
• Partner with Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, Certification/Airworthiness, PLM/IT, and Program teams to harmonize changes, improve data integrity and accessibility, and reduce audit and rework risk.
• Contribute to PLM roadmap definition, tool enablement, and process standardization; champion continuous improvement and metrics-based governance.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plans
• Life and disability insurance programs
• Paid and unpaid time away from work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree