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Weights & Mass Property Engineer (Mid-level or Senior)

Long Beach, California Job ID 00000416956 Category Engineering - Flight Post Date Apr. 10, 2024
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The C-17 military cargo aircraft design team is looking for a Mid-level or Senior Mass Properties engineer to join their team in Long Beach, CA supporting the C-17 Sustainment Program.

This individual will be the lead Mass Properties engineer responsible for monitoring the aircraft's mass properties throughout its lifecycle. Performing mass properties analyses, weight control, and reporting for major aircraft modifications using mass properties database and reporting system, computer aided design (CAD) tools and Microsoft Excel. Will coordinate with engineering SME’s across the program to understand weight impacts on flight performance and to support design decisions. This individual will determine weight and CG impacts of design changes and modifications and will maintain that data in the mass properties database. Will disposition supplier Actual Weight reports and supplier deviation waivers. Provide source data and review of Technical Order and TCTO revisions for changes affecting aircraft weight and/or CG. Support trade studies with weight and CG data. When required, will support aircraft recoveries with weight and CG impacts and support airworthiness reviews.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Develops complex weight, balance and mass properties data

  • Determines approaches to developing data and analyzes and compares results

  • Defines complex weight, balance and mass properties related design requirements

  • Participates in developing customer specification commitments

  • Provides complex vehicle or system configuration guidance

  • Leads individual design team weight control efforts

  • Estimates, calculates and measures and verifies mass, weight, stiffness and inertias of components, assemblies and completed vehicles or systems

  • Develops and maintains weight, balance and mass properties accounting systems and generates weight and balance reports

  • Uses excellent oral and written communication skills to communicate with the design teams, other mass properties engineers, program management at all levels, and the customer

  • Provide training and mentoring to less experienced engineers

  • Produce center of gravity envelopes to ensure Loadability and airworthiness requirements are met

  • Calculate and estimate component weights, moment arms, and mass moment of inertia from engineering drawings and CAD models

  • Develop aircraft mass distributions in support of external loads development

  • Develop analysis methods and tools for mass properties estimation

This position is hybrid. This means that the selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options.  This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future.

This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required.  “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee. 

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science

  • 3+ years of experience with weights and/or mass properties engineering

  • Experience using a mass properties database in order to track weight and center of gravity information

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Level 4: 5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

  • Experience with SAWE Recommended Practice 7 & 8 or Mil-std-1374 mass properties weight control standards

  • Understanding of military weight and balance reporting requirements and methods

  • Experience on a military platform

  • Advanced skill in managing large data sets in Microsoft Excel

  • Aircraft Weight and Balance Certification

  • Experience with Automated Weight and Balance System (AWBS)

  • Familiarity with military weight and balance handbooks for aircraft delivery

  • Experience with aircraft weighing equipment, general weighing procedures, and calibration requirements.

  • Experience using NX and IPDM

  • Experience with jacking and stabilizing aircraft

  • Experience with tip back analysis and ballast requirements for towing aircraft

Typical Education & Experience:

Mid-level (Level 3):

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 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD, Master+3 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Senior (Level 4):

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 Work:

This position is for 1st shift.

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.  

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.  

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.  

Summary pay range (Mid-level – level 3): $100,300 – $135,700

Summary pay range (Senior – level 4): $121,550 – $164,450

Applications for this position will be accepted until May 1st, 2024.


Export Control Requirements: U.S. Government Export Control Status: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

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.

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