Senior Structures Design Engineer

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · North Charleston, SC

Senior Structures Design Engineer for Boeing's 787 Airframe program, focusing on wing, wing edges, or empennage teams. Responsibilities include developing, integrating, and documenting structural system requirements and designs, leading performance analysis and testing, managing supplier activities, and investigating emerging technologies. Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, 12+ years of experience in aircraft structural design, CAD tools, program execution, and knowledge of relevant regulations.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provides oversight and direction to develop, integrate and document structural and interior payload system requirements to establish the system design.
  2. Leads development, maintenance and modification of 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. Leads performance, integration and analysis of tests 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)
  • 12+ years of experience with aircraft structural design
  • 9+ years of experience using CAD Tools on Model Based Definition for primary structures
  • 9+ years of experience in program execution from concept development, design reviews, verification and qualification, hardware/software delivery and sustainment
  • 6+ years of experience leveraging CATIA, ENOVIA, and PDM systems to support complex aerospace product design, configuration control, and lifecycle management.
  • 3+ years of experience collaborating and performing oversight on projects with international partners/suppliers
  • 3+ years of experience supporting test development and execution
  • Part 21 and Part 25 Code of Federal Regulations subject matter expert knowledge
  • Consultant level demonstrated autonomy while working with leadership and cross-functional technical teams

Nice to have

  • 5+ years of experience as a Design Approval Engineer (DAE)
  • 3+ years of lead experience using CATIA and Model Based Definition (MBD) for primary structure design
  • 3+ years of lead experience designing and qualifying composite primary and secondary structures, including laminate design, ply-drop strategies, and structural strength considerations
  • 3+ years of experience working in Product Development, Production, and Fleet phases of the Product Life Cycle
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with fabrication of metallic and composite structures
  • 3+ years of experience interacting with Federal Regulators

What the JD emphasized

  • Part 21 and Part 25 Code of Federal Regulations subject matter expert knowledge