Payloads Engineer; Senior or Lead

Payloads Engineer (Senior or Lead)

Company:
The Boeing Company

Boeing Global Services (BGS) is seeking a highly experienced Payloads Engineer (Senior or Lead) to join the Payloads Interior Modification team in Long Beach, California. This role will lead payloads engineering projects on all Boeing airplane models. The successful candidate will serve as a technical leader, mentor a multidisciplinary team, and collaborate across functional groups to deliver a wide range of airplane retrofits.

• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) on Payloads Engineering for Interior Modifications, guiding project teams toward engineering solutions that meet customer requirements and regulatory standards.
• Drive execution of complex and high‑visibility projects from proposal to completion, leading risk management and assessing scope changes and schedule impacts while coordinating across multi‑functional teams.
• Define engineering work statements for projects, providing tasks, hours, flows and resource needs, and ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
• Present project status to leadership, program managers and key stakeholders, identifying risks, issues and opportunities.
• Act as a Design Approval Engineer (DAE) mentor, providing expert guidance on compliance, certification processes and regulatory requirements so that all designs meet FAA, EASA and other standards.
• Support project proposal activities by reviewing statements of work, assessing potential impacts to certification or configuration control, and defining the overall effort required.
• Mentor engineers and global teams, developing key competencies and providing technical training.
• Provide engineering oversight to Boeing global partners; manage work assignments, approve their work for quality and accuracy to meet Boeing standards.
• Drive technical design reviews with affected groups, leading discussions and influencing project outcomes.
• Present engineering technical information in customer and supplier meetings.
• Apply engineering principles to investigate technical inquiries, deviations, non‑conformances, operational and quality issues, leading teams to develop solutions.
• Review and approve service bulletins, certification plans, supplier data and engineering deliverables.
• Develop and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, cost‑effectiveness and technical excellence.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, developing new tools and methodologies to enhance engineering capabilities.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required to support program milestones and on‑site engineering support.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Aerospace Aeronautical or Material Sciences).
• 5+ years of experience working with aircraft payloads/interiors certification processes and requirements.
• Knowledge of FAA and EASA certification processes.
• 5+ years of experience with aircraft modification programs.
• 5+ years of experience interfacing directly with suppliers, external customers and program management.
• 5+ years of experience working with post‑production aircraft systems.
• Experience with Model Based Engineering tools/software such as Camero, 3DX, CATIA, Teamcenter, Enovia, etc.

• 10+ years of higher education and/or related work experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to present complex technical topics to senior leadership.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional teams and collaborate across multiple disciplines to drive project success.
• Willingness to tackle new technical challenges and expand expertise into unfamiliar areas.
• Passion for continuous improvement in aircraft design, performance and efficiency.
• In‑depth knowledge of CFR Part 25 regulatory requirements and compliance.
• Proficiency in IVT; experience with PDM; DE/DDE approver credentials are highly beneficial.
• 15.4 Payloads DAE credentials are advantageous but not mandatory.
• Extensive experience reviewing and approving service bulletins with a strong understanding of certification impacts.
• Experience with evacuation systems and water/waste beneficial but not required.
• Deep expertise…