Structural & Payload Design Engineer 3/4 (Boeing) in Turin

Job Title: Structural & Payload Design Engineer 3/4
Company: Boeing
Location: Huntsville, AL

Location Huntsville, ALSecurity Clearance Required? No Security Clearance Required (https://jobs.boeing.com/help/glossary.html#security_clearance">about security clearance definitions)Position DescriptionSenior or Lead Engineer that develops, maintains and modifies aircraft structural and interior system and component designs, using 3-D Computer Aided Design tools such as Catia V5 to provide product definition to other engineering groups, production operations, suppliers and external customers throughout the product lifecycle. Manages supplier development, test and production activities and coordinates with the supplier and other engineering groups to optimize the design and achieve program goals. Familiar with composites. Works under minimal or general direction. This requisition is for a permanent position with our Huntsville Design Center team. This position supports a dynamic environment, requiring depth of design and CAD experience, team-oriented skills and relationship building, and personal initiative to drive issues to closure. Other positions are available with temporary assignment (DTA) to Wichita, Kansas for 3-6 months, or Everett, Washington for 3-6 months, returning to a permanent position in Huntsville, Alabama. Other positions are available for international travel including a DTA to Italy for 3-6 months, returning to a permanent position in Huntsville.CompetenciesGeneral

[ + ] Communication
Clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Keeps the audience engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Frames the message in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used. Accurately interprets messages from others and responds appropriately.

[ + ] Customer Focus
Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops and sustains productive customer relationships; uses information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; periodically becomes involved in sharing information with customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how actions or plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems; assists higher graded employees and/or project team leaders in implementing ways to monitor and evaluate customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.

[ + ] Decision Making
Recognizes a wide range of potentially difficult issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and occasionally with external customers; determines whether action is needed. Identifies the need for and collects information to better understand difficult issues, problems, and opportunities. Integrates information from a wide variety of sources; detects trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships; creates relevant options for addressing difficult problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes. Formulates and/or makes recommendations for decision criteria based on issue complexity; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. Implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time. Includes fellow work group members, employees across the organization, and occasionally external customers in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.

[ + ] Innovation
Consistently identifies implicit assumptions in the way problems or situations are defined or presented. Sees alternative ways to view or define problems; is not constrained by the thoughts or approaches of work group members, interorganizational employees or external customers. Draws upon multiple and diverse sources (individuals, disciplines, bodies of knowledge) for ideas and inspiration. Combines complex ideas in unique ways or makes connections between disparate ideas; explores different lines of thought. Views situations from multiple perspectives; brainstorms multiple approaches/solutions; examines numerous potential solutions and evaluates each before accepting any. Targets important areas for innovation and develops solutions that address meaningful issues in own work areas and thought the organization.

[ + ] Project Management
Experienced in creating comprehensive project schedules identifying time frames for key project milestones. Directs and manages more complex project schedules; independently identifies project resource requirements, may collaborate with others on the most complex projects assigned or assist more experienced employees in complex large scale projects. Ability to accept, direct and perform responsibilities and work assigned tasks as a project team member in support of the overall project; leads and directs the activities and resources of assigned projects and supports higher graded employees in more large scale and complex projects.

Technical

[ + ] Aircraft Structure
Basic - Complete knowledge of aircraft structure, materials strengths and properties, design criteria, loading conditions, and processes (e.g. non destructive testing, corrosion prevention)
Preferred -Extensive, specialized knowledge of aircraft structure, materials strengths and properties, design criteria, loading conditions, and processes (e.g. non destructive testing, corrosion prevention)

[ + ] Analysis/Design Optimization
Basic - Broad ability to evaluate complex vehicles and systems from a multitude of perspectives. Includes the ability to apply figures of merit and integrated optimization tools. Ability to perform multi-disciplinary trade studies to evaluate configuration alternatives for functional and spatial integration.
Preferred -Extensive ability to evaluate complex vehicles and systems from a multitude of perspectives. Includes the ability to apply figures of merit and integrated optimization tools. Ability to perform multi-disciplinary trade studies to evaluate configuration alternatives for functional and spatial integration.

[ + ] Computer Aided Design Tools
Basic - Able to apply a complete understanding of computer aided design tools and systems (e.g., computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM), computer aided three dimensional interactive (CATIA), Mentor Graphics, Unigraphics). Able to build and manipulate data sets, (e.g., compare CATIA to measurement data, create stereo lithography files).
Preferred -Ability to manipulate complex computer aided design tools and systems (e.g., computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM), computer aided three dimensional interactive (CATIA), Mentor Graphics, Unigraphics). Able to build and manipulate complex data sets, (e.g., compare CATIA to measurement data, create stereo lithography files).

[ + ] Engineering Judgment
Basic - Exercises complete engineering judgment in developing appropriate decisions considering decision criteria, implications, and possible consequences, to ensure product design integrity. Demonstrates understanding of the applicable scientific and engineering knowledge and routinely includes company-wide subject matter experts to obtain good information for the engineering decision-making process.
Preferred -Exercises extensive engineering judgment in developing appropriate decisions considering decision criteria, implications, and possible consequences, to ensure product design integrity. Demonstrates understanding of the applicable scientific and engineering knowledge and routinely includes company-wide subject matter experts to obtain good information for the engineering decision-making process.

[ + ] Structural Design
Basic - Complete knowledge of structural design principles and practices from requirements generation to production and product support.
Preferred -Extensive, specialized knowledge of structural design principles and practices from requirements generation to production and product support.

Basic Qualifications For Consideration

Do you have a minimum of 500 hours of Catia 3-D CAD solid modeling experience?

Do you have experience designing primary structures of composite materials?

Do you meet the criteria described in the 'Typical Education / Experience' section of this requisition?Typical Education/Experience Level 3 - Degree and typical experience in engineering classification: Bachelor's and 5 or more years' experience, Master's degree with 3 or more years' experience or PhD degree with experience. Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard. Level 4 - Degree and typical experience in engineering classification: Bachelor's and 9 or more years' experience, Master's with 7 or more years' experience or PhD with 4 or more years' experience. Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.Other Job related informationMechanical or aerospace engineering degree preferred. Catia V5 experience preferred. Experience with Boeing aircraft platforms preferred. Experience with Composites Workbench, and composite datasets, manual ply builds and grid design methods preferred. The Huntsville Design Center provides enterprise-wide design and analysis expertise. Aerospace and Fixed Wing or Rotorcraft Aeronautical engineering experience is preferred. This position offers an opportunity for employees to also enjoy the advantages of living and working in Huntsville Alabama. Space exploration, Missile defense, and Aerospace are at the heart of Huntsville's long established science and engineering community, with the nation's highest per capita concentration of engineers, and the nation's second largest research park. Huntsville offers a wide range of cultural and recreational opportunities, situated in the natural beauty of the Tennessee Valley with opportunities for hiking, biking, golfing, outdoor exploration and water sports. http://www.huntsvillealabamausa.com/index.html
Business Unit Defense, Space&SecurityDivision Networks & Space SystemsProgram Strategic Missile Defense SysJob Type Non-ManagementExperience Level Career/ExperiencedUS Person Status Required? Yes Closing Date: 02/10/2012 (https://jobs.boeing.com/help/glossary.html#closing_dates">about closing dates)

How to Apply

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