GN&C ENGINEER

Overview

Job Description:

Regular and predictable attendance is required

We are looking for a Senior Flight Control Systems Integration and Safety Engineer to support our team in Everett, Washington.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

• This requisition is seeking accomplished, self-motivated mid-career engineers to design, analyze, test and certify flight control systems and components for large commercial aircraft as well as to support the production and fleet operations of this equipment. This requisition is for multiple positions in multiple flight control disciplines performing many of the tasks listed below.
• Decomposes airplane level requirements into system level requirements and further decomposes system level requirements into component requirements
• Participates in and/or lead system, component and detail certification efforts, including: creation of required certification artifacts, such as, system safety analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, and fault tree analysis; confirming and demonstrating traceability to regulatory requirements; and resolution of regulation conflicts.
• Gathers, defines and documents system level requirements to support flight control and mission or trajectory requirements definition.
• Resolves requirement conflicts. Performs and documents analysis and design of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) systems to validate or assess the system design or models.
• Participates in and/or lead system level and component level validation analysis and testing, including: test monitoring; analysis and test report authoring; supplier test report review and approval; test failure analysis; and test failure mitigation.
• Generally, these activities require successful cross-functional coordination within and outside of Boeing including with:, avionics, pilot/crew operations, airplane safety, aerodynamics, BCA systems software, suppliers, airline customers, and regulatory agencies.
• Develops solutions and disposition of issues to assure customer satisfaction.

This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 is required. “US Person” includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering
• 5-7 years of technical experience working with Flight Controls

• 5 or more years  related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with System Safety Analysis including failure modes and effects analysis; fault tree analysis; common cause analysis, and single & multiple failure analysis
• Knowledge/Experience with ARP 4754 and ARP 4761
• Experience with flight controls system and component architecture
• Experience in requirements development, design, analysis, and verification & validation of flight control systems
• Experience using requirement management tools such as IBM Rational DOORS
• Experience with manufacturing regulated and certified, safety critical components and software

• Bachelor s degree and typically 9 or more years  experience in an engineering classification or a Master s degree with typically 7 or more years  experience in an engineering classification or a PhD degree with typically 4 or more years  experience in an engineering classification. Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry.
  
  ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

• Describe the project they will be working on:
  Multiple projects
• Size of the Team:
  Varies depending on which team, about 15-20
• Does the statement of work have any limitations on physical attributes? (Heavy lifting, long hours on feet, confined spaces, harnesses that have certain weight limits, etc.):
  No
• Type of background you are looking for (education, # yrs experience, etc.):
  Eng degree or physics

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years  related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+4 years  related work experience, Master+7 years  related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.