Structural & Payload Design Engineer (senior Level) (payload Systems Design)

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · Everett, WA +1

This role is for a Structural & Payload Design Engineer at Boeing, focusing on seat integration. The engineer will lead cross-functional teams, provide technical leadership for seat design, certification, and installation, and manage project execution. Responsibilities include engineering leadership, planning resources, communicating project status, identifying risks, and coordinating with regulatory agencies and suppliers. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 9+ years of experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Acts as subject matter expert (SME) for seat design, certification, and installation across multiple seat projects and supplier actions
  2. Provides engineering leadership to the Seats Integration Team spanning internal disciplines (payloads, wiring, seat electrical, stress, certification, flammability, software) and external resources (seat suppliers, sub-suppliers, regulatory agencies, airline customers)
  3. Leads technical integration of multiple engineering disciplines on highly complex projects and provide consultative direction
  4. Plans, identify, and coordinate engineering resources across project/program lifecycle
  5. Leads project execution to complete engineering statements of work; respond to SOW changes, assess impacts, and negotiate modifications to deliverables, resources, costs, and schedules

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus on Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace Aeronautical or Material Science)
  • 9+ years of relevant experience or equivalent industry experience
  • Willingness/ability to travel domestically and internationally (typically 10%–20%)

Nice to have

  • 14+ years of relevant experience or equivalent industry experience
  • Experience with payloads engineering releases and configuration management processes
  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-discipline technical integration and project execution
  • Experience implementing and sustaining project management best practices
  • Experience authoring certification plans and reviewing technical documentation
  • Familiarity with FAA Title 14 Part 25 and EASA equivalents
  • Experience with CATIA, ENOVIA, IVT, DCCS, and REDARS
  • FAA DER Interior Arrangements experience or equivalent certification knowledge
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to present technical status to leadership and external stakeholders
  • Strong attention to detail and demonstrated collaborative skills across multi-stakeholder environments

What the JD emphasized

  • lead cross-functional teaming activities
  • technical leadership and integration
  • seat design, certification, installation, suppliers, airlines, and regulatory stakeholders