Structures & Payload Design Engineer; Structural Design

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth.

Boeing Defense, Space, and Security (BDS) Company is looking for Structures & Payload Design Engineers to become part of the AH-64 Apache Airframe Integrated Product Team (IPT) in Mesa, AZ
.

Our team is currently hiring Experienced (Level
3) to Senior (Level
4) Design Engineers.

At Boeing we value curiosity, determination, and imagination in a diverse multi‑disciplined team of engineers operating in an agile environment.

The Airframe IPT is a multi‑functional Engineering Organization that provides engineering solutions for the advancement of the AH‑64 Apache Helicopter and adapts strategically to emerging opportunities.

Design work, 3D CAD model generation, and product data management for structural components, hardware, assemblies, and installations. This includes both model‑based definition and traditional drawing generation. The selected candidate will interface with adjacent engineering functions—stress analysis, materials and processes, manufacturing, procurement, quality, safety, systems and verification—and ensure designs comply with customer requirements, release processes and signature cycle approvals.

The selected candidate will support supplier development, testing, and production activities, collaborating closely with suppliers to optimize designs and achieve program objectives.

• Engineering support and project leadership within an Integrated Product Team.
• Ability to communicate professionally across multiple organizations and/or throughout all levels of leadership.
• Develop, maintain, and modify basic structural component designs using 3‑D Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools and/or other design methods to provide product definition to other engineering groups, production operations, suppliers and external customers throughout the product lifecycle.
• Develop solutions to a variety of technical problems.
• Perform tests to validate and verify systems and components meet requirements and specifications.
• Assist with supplier development, test and production activities, and coordinate with the supplier to optimize the design and achieve program goals.
• Support investigation of emerging technologies to develop concepts for future product designs to meet projected requirements.
• Work under general to minimal direction.

• Mid-Level (Level
  3) – Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Engineering Technology), Computer Science, Engineering Data Science, Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry (e.g., Bachelor) and typically 5 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience.
• Senior (Level
  4) – Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Engineering Technology), Computer Science, Engineering Data 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.

• Experience leading a cross‑functional team.
• Prior work experience supporting the AH‑64 Apache attack helicopter and/or the AH‑6 Little Bird helicopter.
• Experience in structural design process from conceptual layout phase through build and package release.
• NX CAD and Teamcenter PDM skills.
• Knowledge of structural design principles for aircraft primary and secondary structure.
• Ability and willingness to travel 10% of the time domestically and internationally.
• Conflict of Interest – Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

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