Senior Design Engineer - Space Launch System

Company: Boeing
Location: Huntsville
Posted on: September 2, 2020

Job Description:

At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the seabed to outer space, youll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.

Boeing's Space & Launch Engineering team is seeking Senior Design Engineers to join our team in Huntsville, AL. NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) provides a critical heavy-lift capability, powering people and cargo to/beyond our moon and into deep space. SLS launches larger payloads farther in our solar system, faster than ever before possible. It will be the most powerful rocket ever built, enabling diverse exploration, science and security missions. Boeing is the prime contractor for the design, development, test and production of the launch vehicle cryogenic stages, as well as development of the avionics suite. This position is for a design engineer to join our SLS Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) Team to enable NASA to send large co-manifested payloads and along with an astronaut crew back to the Lunar Surface to support the overall Artemis Program.

Position Responsibilities:

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• Design & Integration of space flight hardware designs for NASAs Space Launch Systems, Core Stage and/or Exploration Upper Stage (EUS).
• Develop designs for primary & secondary structures that meet structural and integration requirements using 3-D Computer Aided design tools & other methods to provide product definition to other engineering teams, suppliers and production operations through the product lifecycle.
• Support supplier development, test & production activities as required to ensure components that integrate with designs meet overall system/vehicle requirements.
• Support/Lead layout activities to mature designs through the development lifecycle and that all stakeholders inputs/requirements are considered in design (Producibility, Cost, Production Efficiency, etc).
• Develop new design/analysis processes/tools as applicable to improve effectiveness, quality & efficiency.
• Develop datasets (Drawings, Model Based Definition, etc) to communicate engineering requirements & deliverables to stakeholders & customers.
• Production support is also performed if/as required.
• Some travel will be possible during the program development lifecycle to support the production facility in New Orleans, test houses and suppliers in various states.
  
  Work Authorization:
  
  This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a US Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. -- 120.15 is required. US Person includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
  
  This position requires the ability to obtain access to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) facility. Access to the facility requires a background investigation by U.S. Government authorities.
  
  Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
  
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  • 5+ years of experience with design & development of engineering products in Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.
    
    Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
    
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    • Bachelors degree of higher in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering Discipline.
    • Experience with CREO 3D-CAD Software.
    • Experience with Space or launch or aircraft.
    • Experience with NASA or Air Force programs.
      
      Typical Education/Experience:
      
      Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+9 years' related work experience, Master+12 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
      
      Relocation:
      
      This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Basic relocation is available for internal candidates.
      
      Drugfree Workplace:
      
      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.

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