Mid-level or Senior Structures Design Engineer

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · North Charleston, SC

Structures Design Engineer for Boeing's 787 Airframe program, focusing on wing, wing edges, or empennage teams. Responsibilities include developing and documenting structural requirements, designing and modifying systems using CAD tools, performing analysis and testing, managing supplier development, and investigating emerging technologies for future product designs.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develops, integrates and documents structural and interior payload system requirements to establish the system design.
  2. Develops, maintains and modifies structural and interior payload system and component designs, using 3-D Computer Aided Design tools and/or other design methods, to provide product definition to other engineering groups, production operations, suppliers and external customers throughout the product lifecycle.
  3. Performs, integrates analytical and test results to validate and verify systems and components meet requirements and specifications.
  4. Manages supplier development, test and production activities and coordinates with the supplier to optimize the design and achieve program goals.
  5. Develops new design/analysis processes and tools to improve the effectiveness, quality and efficiency of the development effort.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus on Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace Aeronautical or Material Sciences)
  • 3+ years of experience with aircraft structural design
  • 3+ years of experience using CAD Tools
  • Demonstrated autonomy while working with technical teams and projects
  • 1+ years of experience with design of composite material systems

Nice to have

  • 5 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Expertise using CATIA and Model Based Definition (MBD) for primary structure design.
  • Experience designing and qualifying composite primary and secondary structures, including laminate design, ply-drop strategies, and structural strength considerations.
  • Hands on experience with fabrication of metallic and composite structures.
  • Lead expertise using CATIA and Model Based Definition (MBD) for primary structure design.
  • Lead experience designing and qualifying composite primary and secondary structures, including laminate design, ply-drop strategies, and structural strength considerations.
  • Hands on experience with fabrication of metallic and composite structures.
  • Part 21 and Part 25 Code of Federal Regulations knowledge and experience interacting with Federal Regulators.
  • Experience working and managing projects with industry counterparts across the world.
  • Demonstrated leadership while working with technical teams and projects
  • Experience working in Product Development, Production, and Fleet phases of the Product Life Cycle

What the JD emphasized

  • 3+ years of experience with aircraft structural design
  • 3+ years of experience using CAD Tools
  • 1+ years of experience with design of composite material systems
  • Part 21 and Part 25 Code of Federal Regulations knowledge and experience interacting with Federal Regulators