Senior Systems Engineer

Boeing•Long Beach, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Global Services (BGS) Engineering team is dedicated to creating and implementing innovative technologies to advance aerospace. They provide engineering design and support, including aftermarket modifications, and are focused on enhancing product and services safety. The team is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in Long Beach, California, who is innovative, enthusiastic, highly collaborative, curious, and passionate about design architecture details. This engineer will support C-17 airplane programs in services and modernization, focusing on airworthiness assignments for new design changes implemented into the fleet. The role involves performing airworthiness assessments at the component, system, and airplane level across various functional disciplines such as Avionics, Mechanical, Environmental, Electrical, and Propulsion. The ideal candidate will be adept at evaluating system architectures to determine the consequences of design changes for airworthiness processes and will collaborate with Design Engineers to provide necessary artifacts/data to meet regulations. A strong engineering background with a solid understanding of certification processes is essential. The position contributes to the continued safe operation of C-17 fleets within a company that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Requirements

Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work effectively with a diverse engineering team.
Intrinsic aptitude for taking initiative, leading cross-functional teams and complex projects.
Ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities to ensure they are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner.
Bachelors degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics or chemistry.
9+ years of related work experience.
Experience in Systems Engineering.
Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship.

Nice To Haves

4+ years of experience with commercial or military airplane certification, and procedures.
Familiarity with airworthiness methodology and criteria, MIL-STD 516C preferred.
Experience with requirements management.
Experience with MIL-STD's.

Responsibilities

Assess project plans for airworthiness impacts.
Review and assessment project development and test artifacts for applicability to, and substantiation of, airworthiness criteria.
Work with internal and customer teams for airworthiness criteria applicability and compliance.
Create and submit airworthiness compliance packages.
Apply Systems Engineering principles, tools, and techniques to the Design, Technical Documents, Testing, and Certification of aircraft.
Understand the big picture and the inter-relationships of all positions and activities in the system, including the impact of changes in one area on another area.
See and understand the inter-relationships between components of systems and plans, anticipate future events, and apply the principles of systems thinking to accelerate performance.
Possess knowledge of aircraft systems, components, and loadable/non-loadable software.
Collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources.
Possess knowledge of verification, validation, certification and qualification processes and procedures, including knowledge of governing regulations and compliance requirements.
Perform requirements management.
Assess and document test or analysis data to show compliance.
Resolve cross-functional technical issues.