Structural & Payload Design Engineer; Mid-Level or Senior; Payload Systems Design

Structural & Payload Design Engineer (Mid-Level or Senior) (Payload Systems Design)

The Boeing Company

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is seeking a Structural & Payload Design Engineer (Mid-Level or Senior) to join the Seats Integration Team (SIT) in Everett or Renton, WA.

In this role you will lead cross-functional teaming activities across engineering disciplines and product support elements, and provide technical leadership and integration across seat design, certification, installation, suppliers, airlines, and regulatory stakeholders.

This is a high-impact opportunity to join a team early in its lifecycle and help define processes across areas such as Project Management, Boeing Problem Solving Model, Analytics, Communication/Media, Onboarding, Training and Development, Practice Space, Safety Management System, and Knowledge Management.

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Mid-Level and Senior Structural and Payload Design Engineers.

• Acts as subject matter expert (SME) for seat design, certification, and installation across multiple seat projects and supplier actions
• 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)
• Leads technical integration of multiple engineering disciplines on highly complex projects and provide consultative direction
• Plans, identify, and coordinate engineering resources across project/program lifecycle
• Leads project execution to complete engineering statements of work; respond to SOW changes, assess impacts, and negotiate modifications to deliverables, resources, costs, and schedules
• Communicates project status and program-level seat guidance to Boeing executives, program PIMs, supply chain leadership, factory and flightline operations, suppliers, and airline customers
• Identifies program-level seat risks and implement risk mitigation strategies with program teams
• Establishes and report project technical performance metrics; compare actuals to baseline to assess performance, productivity, efficiencies, and lessons learned; work with leadership to implement improvements
• Provides integration leadership for implementation and execution of seat projects, including authoring or oversight of certification plans and technical dispositions as needed
• Coordinates with regulatory agencies, suppliers, and customers to support certification and delivery

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

• 9+ 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