Equipment & Reliability Engineer; Associate or Mid-Level

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. Find your future with us.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is seeking an Equipment & Reliability Engineer (Associate or Mid-Level) to join our 787 Systems Integration Engineering team in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Reliability Engineering ensures that manufacturing teammates have optimal access and knowledge of how to operate safe and functionally reliable assets. This engineering function within Production Engineering provides a huge, direct impact towards delivery of 787 Dream liners by taking the initiative through hands‑on immersion into the production areas, proactively analyzing production asset downtime data trends, executing asset upgrade projects, and applying reliability engineering practices to ensure that new designs are validated and built reliably into production from the start.

The Reliability Engineering organization collectively needs a diverse technical skillset and is comprised of mechanical, structural, electrical and controls engineers.

If this vision and mission responsibility resonates with you, apply and join our Boeing South Carolina team of Reliability Engineers today!

Our team is currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Associate Level (Level
2) and Mid-Level (Level
3) Equipment & Reliability Engineer.

• Building trust through collaboration with manufacturing and maintenance teammates.
• Persistent troubleshooting and root cause determination is critical to minimize disruption to the production system during unplanned, emergent production asset downtime events.
• Designs, analyzes and modifies aerospace manufacturing equipment and tooling that meet stakeholder requirements.
• Researches, develops, evaluates and integrates robotics, automation, and new technologies and processes related to equipment and tooling for applicability to programs and products.
• Teams with cross‑functional subject matter experts to develop and review bids and procurement specifications.
• Estimates, plans, manages and executes the acquisition and modification of equipment and tooling.
• Develops and implements testing and acceptance to validate performance.
• Creates and maintains related documentation for equipment and tooling, develops preventative maintenance plans and trains personnel as needed.
• Develops and implements interim solutions for damaged and unsafe equipment and tooling.
• Investigates engineering changes and controls equipment and tooling configuration in accordance with company procedures.
• Develops and recommends equipment reliability improvements through the application of reliability engineering tooling.
• Familiarity with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
• 2+ years of experience working in an engineering discipline application
• Experience in Computer Aided Design (CAD) modeling software programs

• Level 3: 5 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proficient in Root Cause Analysis or similar troubleshooting technique
• Experience in equipment maintenance and project management
• Experience in Data analytics
• Knowledge of configuration management systems and documentation practices
• Knowledge of reliability practices such as condition‑based maintenance, vibration analysis, thermography, machine alignment
• Knowledge of industrial PLC and HMIs in automatic equipment, such as programming and ladder logic

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.