Senior Project Engineer

Boeing • Seal Beach, CA

23d • Onsite

About The Position

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is looking for a Senior Project Engineer (Level 5) to join our Out-of-Production (OoP) Systems Design Engineering (DE) team based in Seal Beach, CA. This role is integral to our commitment to safety and compliance with FAA regulations. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of design principles, aircraft performance, and regulatory requirements, ensuring that our aircraft meet the highest safety standards. This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options (Seal Beach, CA).

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.
• 14+ years of aerospace industry experience within Mechanical, Structural, Payloads, Mission Systems, or Software Design or Analysis engineering.
• 5+ years of experience with Boeing commercial aircraft.
• 5+ years of experience as an engineering line manager and/or engineering program/project manager.
• This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Nice To Haves

• Formal Project-Engineering or Program-Management education or certification (e.g. PMP).
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership.
• Strong collaborative skills to deal with multiple team functions.
• Experience with Service Bulletin releases.
• Willingness to expand into technical areas without prior experience.
• Experience with systems engineering practices (safety analysis, requirements definition, risk identification and management, fault tree generation, FMECA, etc.).
• 1+ years of experience creating standardized documentation and processes.
• 1+ years of experience mentoring and developing junior Project Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Restructure and Chair the Airplane Level Safety Technical Review Board (ALSTRB).
• Works with the OoP Chief Program Engineer (CPE) office to lead complex (cross model and/or cross system) Continued Operational Safety Program (COSP) projects across multiple DE disciplines (i.e Mech-sys, Payloads, Avionics, ECS, Electrical, Structures, Etc.), Safety and levels of management from kick-off to completion.
• Create and convey technical presentations for executive review boards.
• Orchestrate Aircraft surveys and Supplier visits.
• Represent OoP Design Engineering in Production Phase Out (PPO) work transition to SoCal.
• Run improvement initiatives.
• Participates in activities related to certification of Boeing products with regulatory agencies.
• Willing and able to travel 10% of the time domestically and internationally.
• Lead, plan, identify and coordinate multiple skilled resources (e.g. internal, external and customers).
• Track project status and identify help needed.
• Break statement of work down into executable tasks.
• Compare actual results to baseline plan to assess project performance, efficiency, productivity, lessons learned and performance metrics.
• Identify and capture changes to statement of work.
• Identifies performance metrics.
• Identify risks, issues, opportunities and corrective actions to improve project or team performance.
• Work outside of traditional comfort zones where process definition does not exist or is unclear.

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