Senior Structural Analysis Engineer

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · North Charleston, SC

This role is for a Senior Structural Analysis Engineer at Boeing, focusing on ensuring the structural integrity of aircraft components. Responsibilities include planning and organizing analysis work, developing requirements, coordinating with other engineering groups, guiding product design through analysis, and validating designs through testing. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, extensive experience in structural analysis of metallic and composite materials, and experience with aircraft structures and manufacturing systems. Experience with customer and regulatory agencies, and DER/AR/E-UM qualifications are preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Plans and organizes structural analysis work at the program level to assure total compliance with structural integrity and stability requirements.
  2. Develops, integrates and documents complex or unique structural requirements to establish the system design.
  3. Coordinates with other engineering groups to establish the product's environment.
  4. Guides product design and verifies structural integrity by defining requirements for development of analytical methods, finite element models/simulations and other analysis tools to develop the structural environment, characteristics and performance of the product.
  5. Works with customers and regulatory agencies to define certification processes that will ensure requirements are met.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus on Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace Aeronautical or Material Sciences)
  • 12+ years of experience in the structural or aerospace industry
  • 9+ years of experience performing structural analysis on metallic structures
  • 9+ years of experience performing structural analysis on composite material systems (if seeking to work in the Wing, Wing Edges, or Empennage team)
  • 9+ years of experience working on primary aircraft structures or airplane systems secondary structures or interiors secondary structures
  • 3+ years of experience collaborating and performing oversight on projects with international partners/suppliers
  • 3+ years of experience supporting test development and execution
  • Ability to assist, advice, and check classical hand analysis methods
  • Ability to perform FEA and understand/utilize/validate results
  • Prior experience with aircraft, heavy structures, hardware systems or interiors manufacturing/production systems

Nice to have

  • 12+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 5+ years of experience planning, organizing, and executing program level structural analysis
  • 3+ years of experience developing, integrating, and documenting complex or unique structural requirements
  • 3+ years of Experience with program level cross-functional integration
  • 3+ years of experience working with customer and regulatory agencies to define certification strategy that will ensure requirements are met
  • Current or prior DER/AR/E-UM
  • Experience leading or performing structural analysis for a full lifecycle of a structure

What the JD emphasized

  • structural analysis on metallic structures
  • structural analysis on composite material systems
  • primary aircraft structures or airplane systems secondary structures or interiors secondary structures
  • performing structural analysis