Job Description

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The Boeing Company is seeking a Senior Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer to support multi-program test activities. This position is based out of St. Charles, Missouri. The ideal candidate will need to have leadership, team building, analytical, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills with a commitment to customer satisfaction.  You will be responsible for leading teams to develop and operate flight instrumentation electro/mechanical design solutions of varying complexity in support of flight test. Also, you will perform functions as required to ensure flight instrumentation system readiness and data validity.  This position may require travel (short term or long-term DTA- Domestic Temporary Assignment) in support of testing to alternate test sites.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead others in the design test hardware, software and systems to achieve test requirements

• Identify required products, systems, components, materials, and manufacturing processes / technologies

• Generate electrical schematics using design (e.g. AutoCAD, UG) and simulation tools (e.g. PSPICE)

• Author instrumentation system performance specifications and subsystem interface documentation

• Develops instrumentation architectural block diagrams

• Coordinate system fabrication, integration, modification, setup, checkout and teardown

• Identify test requirements and determines test methods

• Obtain flight clearances from the customer for installed configurations

• Troubleshoot and resolve instrumentation system, transducer, and test-related problems

• Analyze, review, and validate test data to ensure flight test instrumentation hardware and software readiness

• Conduct research in test technologies to improve efficiency and capability

• Interface with project / program team members, management, and technical staff to define and implement test engineering solutions

• Train and coaches others

• Work under consultative direction

• Use Earned Value Management to define, track, and communicate progress on work packages

• Willing to travel and support flight testing on an as needed basis

This position allows telecommuting. The selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options.

This position requires an 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)

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry

• 4+ years of engineering in both integration lab and ground/flight test environments

• 4+ years of experience with planning, operation and troubleshooting of instrumentation and data acquisition systems

• 4+ years of experience with instrumentation and/or data acquisition systems

• 4+ years of experience with precision test and measurement devices

• 3+ years of experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) or something similar

• Willing to travel domestically and internationally as needed

• Willing to work variable shifts; including day, evening, night and weekends

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering

• 5+ years of experience with flight test, flight operations, or system test

• This position has responsibility to build and monitor color coded safety analysis displays to support real time test missions. Candidates are required to be able to accurately differentiate between Red/Orange/Yellow/Green/Blue etc. colors for safety of flight and safety of test displays during real time flight test missions     

• 1+ years of experience designing special test equipment for flight programs and supporting proposals

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 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+4 years' related work experience, Master+7 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.

Drug Free 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.

Shift:

This position is for 1st shift.

Variable shifts including, day, evening, nights and weekends may be required to support program objectives.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.