Propulsion Systems Engineer, Mid-Career and Senior

Boeing • Orlando, FL

7d • $112,200 - $185,150 • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company’s Defense, Space & Security (BDS), Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems (SI&WS) is hiring mid-career and senior Propulsion Systems Engineers with fluid systems expertise for its Experimental Systems Group (ESG) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. ESG supports government customers across advanced technology domains in a fast-paced, agile development environment. Its portfolio includes the X-37B, an autonomous reusable spaceplane.

The engineer will work on propulsion components and systems for vehicle cryogenic fuel, oxidizer, bi-propellant, monopropellant, pneumatic, hydraulic, or pyrotechnic applications. Responsibilities span requirements, design, interfaces, qualification, supplier coordination, component investigations, and operational support across refurbishment, integration, test, launch, and recovery. The role may involve leading or supporting engineers and technicians and coordinating with program teams, suppliers, subject matter experts, and customer boards.

The position is 100% onsite at Kennedy Space Center and participates in Boeing’s 9/80 schedule rotation: employees may work nine-hour shifts for eight days per biweekly pay period and receive every other Friday off. The role requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret/SCI clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for that clearance. The job also must meet U.S. export control requirements, which require a U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62. Boeing will not sponsor employment visas.

The position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. The stated summary pay ranges are $112,200–$151,800 for Mid-Career, Level 3 and $136,850–$185,150 for Senior, Level 4. Compensation depends on experience, qualifications, market, and business considerations.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or directly related non-U.S. equivalent qualifications.
• Mid-Career, Level 3: typically 5 or more years of related work experience.
• Experience in rocket propulsion.
• Experience with propulsion system components, interfaces, and their design or integration variables within aerospace vehicles.
• Experience in systems design, systems analysis, or systems integration.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 10%.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret/SCI security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for this clearance.
• Meet U.S. export control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person.
• Satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Nice To Haves

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Senior, Level 4: typically 9 or more years of related work experience.
• Experience working on propulsion systems, including cryogenic and pneumatic delivery systems.
• Experience in space, launch vehicle, or aircraft programs.
• Experience in NASA Space programs or a related Space or Defense program.
• Knowledge of fluid systems.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements for propulsion system components used in vehicle cryogenic fuel, oxidizer, bi-propellant, monopropellant, pneumatic, hydraulic, or pyrotechnic systems.
• Verify and validate propulsion requirements.
• Support the definition, coordination, and control of functional and physical interfaces between propulsion system components.
• Design propulsion components to meet subsystem design and performance criteria, and develop rationale for technical decisions about component design and development.
• Support definition and performance of propulsion component qualification certification testing.
• Lead or support engineers and technicians during hazardous and non-hazardous refurbishment, integration, and test (RIT), launch, and recovery operations for the ESG program.
• Evaluate fielded components to assure continued reliability and airworthiness.
• Lead or support identification and management of propulsion risks, issues, and opportunities; develop mitigation and capture plans, estimate cost and schedule impacts, update risk tracking systems such as BORIS, and communicate with the propulsion RIO Control Board.
• Develop and maintain Supplier Statements of Work (SSOW) for vehicle component development, assure technical, customer, and regulatory requirements are met, and support procurement planning with Program and Supplier Management.
• Conduct component failure investigations and non-conformance closures through Material Review Board (MRB) and other internal and customer boards, coordinating with Boeing SMEs and other IPT members as needed.
• Host technical interchange meetings and component reviews, including SRR, PDR/CDR, acceptance reviews, TRR, and PRR.
• Review supplier data requirement list (SDRL) items and engineering drawings for design and requirement compliance.
• Coordinate work scope with other engineers.

Benefits

• 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.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Relocation based on candidate eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level