Senior Flight Test Instrumentation Operations Engineer

Boeing • Berkeley, MO

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About The Position

The Boeing Company is looking for a Senior Flight Test Instrumentation Operation Engineer to join our team in Berkeley, MO to support critical multi-program test activities (e.g. F-15, MQ-25, and AP-X) The Boeing Company is seeking a Senior Flight Test Instrumentation Operations Engineer (IOE) to support multi-program test activities (e.g., F-15, MQ-25, Phantom Works, and others). The ideal candidate will need to have strong leadership, team building, analytical, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills with a commitment to customer satisfaction. You will contribute to the development of new principles and concepts as well as advanced job practices, techniques, and standards. You will be responsible for leading teams to develop and operate flight instrumentation electro/mechanical design solutions of varying complexity in support of flight test. Also, you will perform functions as required to ensure flight instrumentation system readiness and data validity. This position may require travel (short term or long-term DTA- Domestic Temporary Assignment) in support of testing to alternate test sites (e.g., Pax River NAS; China Lake NAS; Eglin AFB; Nellis AFB; Edwards AFB; etc.).

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
• 10+ years of engineering in both integration lab and ground/flight test environments
• 10+ years of experience with planning, operation and troubleshooting of instrumentation and data acquisition systems
• 14+ years of experience with instrumentation and/or data acquisition systems
• 14+ years of experience with precision test and measurement devices
• 3+ years of experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) or something similar
• Willing to travel domestically as needed
• Willing to work variable shifts; including day, evening, night and weekends
• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim U.S. Secret Clearance Pre-Start and final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Nice To Haves

• Active U.S. Security Clearance in the past 24 months
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering
• 14+ years of experience with flight test, flight operations, or system test
• This position has responsibility to build and monitor color coded safety analysis displays to support real time test missions. Candidates are required to be able to accurately differentiate between Red/Orange/Yellow/Green/Blue etc. colors for safety of flight and safety of test displays during real time flight test missions
• 1+ years of experience designing special test equipment for flight programs and supporting proposals

Responsibilities

• Lead others in the design of test hardware, software and systems to achieve test requirements
• Identify required products, systems, components, materials, and manufacturing processes / technologies
• Generate electrical schematics using AutoCAD
• Coordinate system fabrication, integration, modification, setup, checkout and teardown
• Identify test requirements and determine test methods
• Obtain flight clearances from the customer for installed configurations
• Troubleshoot and resolve instrumentation system, transducer, and test-related problems
• Analyze, review, and validate test data to ensure flight test instrumentation hardware and software readiness
• Conduct research in test technologies to improve efficiency and capability
• Interface with project / program team members, management, and technical staff to define and implement test engineering solutions
• Train and coach others
• Work under consultative direction
• Use Earned Value Management to define, track, and communicate progress on work packages
• Willing to travel and support flight testing on an as needed basis

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: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees