Associate Mechanical Design & Analysis Engineer

Associate Mechanical Design & Analysis Engineer

The Boeing Company is seeking an Associate Mechanical Design & Analysis Engineer to join their Production Test team in Berkeley, MO. This position will support all major Air Dominance programs in the St. Louis area, specifically involving production test support for Boeing Defense Systems (BDS) fighter programs.

The Production Test team delivers and supports special test equipment, processes, and software for build verification of electrical/airframe/avionics/optical subsystems to ensure product quality and safe operation.

Position Responsibilities:

• Designs new special test equipment (STE) for production testing tactical aircraft
• Provides fabrication shop with design for manufacturing/assembly solutions for STE
• Designs Additive Manufacturing solutions and innovations for cost & quality benefits
• Collaborates with electrical engineers, manufacturing engineers, and shop fabricators
• Supports resolution of STE design issues to meet high technical and quality standards
• Researches technologies for potential application to company business needs
• Monitors suppliers' performance to ensure compliance with requirements
• Develops or modifies hardware designs based on defined requirements
• Supports maintenance or modification of existing STE designs
• Provides design documentation and high-level requirements to end users/customers
• Performs detail mechanical design development and modifications
• Prepares STE usage instructions for aircraft production test operations
• Analyzes aircraft configuration Change Documents for STE impacts
• Assists with providing basis-of-estimates for STE statement of work
• Reports on weekly percent complete status for assigned mechanical design tasks
• Works under general supervision

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required
• Ability to obtain program access, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship only
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus on Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace Aeronautical or Material Sciences)
• 1+ years experience with parametric 3D CAD design (Solidworks, CATIA, AutoCAD, Rhino, and/or NX)
• 1+ years experience with NX/Unigraphics CAD and Teamcenter PDM systems for design interrogation, manufacturing planning development and tooling design review
• Aerospace related experience in manufacturing, fabrication, or assembly processes and procedures, or experience during a project at school or during an internship

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
• Familiarity with air vehicle subsystems, and avionics subsystems
• Familiarity with supporting aerospace manufacturing build verification test operations
• Experience in troubleshooting mechanical systems and components
• Experience in development programs (integration, test phases), production support, or sustainment engineering