Mid-Level Wiring Design and Installation Engineer

Boeing • North Charleston, SC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company’s Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), Seat Wire Integration (SWI) Electrical Design organization is hiring a Level 3 Wiring Design and Installation Engineer in North Charleston, South Carolina. The role focuses heavily on 787 seats and interiors and is expected to be 100% onsite.

The engineer develops and maintains electrical product detail, assembly, and installation designs for commercial aircraft, with a particular focus on electrical cable and wire-harness installation, detail, and assembly designs. Work includes defining wire-routing layouts throughout the airplane and considering supports and brackets, separation for physical and functional safety, parts selection, and environmental impacts. Safety and quality are the top priorities.

The position also involves developing engineering design dispositions for discrepancies, collaborating with factory-floor partners to support efficient and safe manufacturing, following and improving documented processes and specifications, developing basic statements of work, and participating in technical reviews of supplier capabilities. The engineer analyzes functional and physical requirements to support integrated designs and system architecture and contributes to technical analyses and design reviews. The role works under the general supervision of a lead engineer and with an experienced mentor.

Candidates must satisfy Boeing’s Conflict of Interest assessment process and U.S. export control requirements; a U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. Boeing will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status. This is not a safety-sensitive position and does not require a security clearance.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aeronautical Engineering; Computer Science; Data Science; Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry; or a directly related non-U.S. equivalent qualification.
• At least 4 years of experience with wire harness, electrical, and/or mechanical design.
• Must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person, as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62.
• Must satisfy the company’s Conflict of Interest assessment process.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with aviation or aerospace interiors.
• At least 3 years of experience with computer-aided design (CAD) tools.
• Experience working in a cross-functional team environment.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of CATIA V5.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain electrical product detail, assembly, and installation designs for commercial aircraft.
• Develop and maintain electrical cable and wire-harness installation, detail, and assembly designs, including defining physical wire-routing layouts throughout the airplane.
• Account for wire supports and brackets, separation for physical and functional safety, appropriate parts selection, and environmental impacts on wire-harness system components.
• Develop and analyze engineering design dispositions for discrepancies, including rejection tags, production action requests, and shop revision requests.
• Collaborate with factory-floor partners to ensure designs can be built efficiently and safely.
• Follow documented processes, specifications, and procedures, and identify opportunities to improve them to support safe, high-quality design and manufacture of electrical commodities.
• Develop basic statements of work.
• Participate in technical reviews of supplier capabilities to facilitate source selection.
• Analyze functional and physical requirements to support integrated designs and system architecture.
• Actively support critical analyses and design reviews.
• Work under the general supervision of a lead engineer and with an experienced mentor to support technical learning and career growth.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life insurance, disability insurance, 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