Flight Test Engineer (Entry-Level, Associate, or Experienced)

Flight Test Engineer (Entry-Level, Associate, or Experienced)

Company:

The Boeing Company

Job ID:

00000430564

Date Posted:

2024-07-06

Location:

USA - Saint Charles, MO

Job Description Qualifications:

The Boeing Company is looking for a Flight Test Engineer to join our team in St Charles, MO supporting the weapons programs. This position is for 1st shift; however, various shifts, nights, weekends, and alternate shifts may be required to support program objectives.

Our team is currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including; Entry-Level, Associate and Experienced Flight Test Engineers.

Position Responsibilities:

• Act as a flight test engineer and test conductor on a variety of weapons programs (JDAM, SDB, GLSDB, MOP, B-61, Harpoon, SLAM-ER, etc.)

• Work with Boeing, Government, and other Military Contractors to define and document test requirements and test procedures that will meet test objectives while ensuring safety, quality, and test efficiency

• Support weapon assembly, software loading, and functional checkouts of weapons. Manage and verify configuration of weapon hardware and software under test. Support weapons and flight termination system checks to verify system health prior to test

• Support the execution of the test program, including builds, ground testing, environmental quantification, safe separation, carrier suitability, captive carriage, guided release, etc.

• Travel to various domestic and international test ranges, sometimes with limited advance notice, in support of dynamic flight test schedules

• Coordinate with flight test and range personnel to develop, update, maintain, and configuration control real-time displays needed for making real-time flight test conduct decisions

• Facilitate test planning meetings, test readiness reviews, pre-travel briefings, test document reviews, and post-test reporting documentation

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim U.S. Secret Clearance Pre-Start and final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

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

• Willing to travel domestically and internationally as needed

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 1 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• 3 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Demonstrated ability to work with external customers and

• manage test programs and schedules experience

Typical Education/Experience: 

Entry-Level (Level 1)

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) or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience. In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Associate (Level 2)

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

Experienced (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.

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.