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Equipment and Tool Engineer (Associate, Experienced or Senior)

Boeing
New Orleans, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Jan 2026
💰 $171,350/yr($85,000/yr$171,350/yr)

About the role

Equipment and Tool Engineer (Associate, Experienced or Senior)

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) is seeking an Associate, Experienced, or Senior Equipment and Tool Engineer (Level 2, 3, or 4) to support the manufacturing and assembly of the Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage (CS) and Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans, Louisiana.

A successful candidate in this role will have passion, creativity, and an insatiable desire for process improvement and efficiency. They will also have a strong desire to be out in the factory, interacting with mechanics, and directly supporting the production system. In Production Engineering, working as a Tooling Engineer, we need highly responsible professionals committed to upholding the highest standards of safety, quality, and integrity.

Position Responsibilities:   

  • Supports the evaluation of program and project requirements, develops moderately complex equipment and tooling concepts and designs solutions for the Production System.

  • Compiles and analyzes technical data to determine the effects on product engineering design and rate estimates for equipment and tooling.

  • Ensures compliance with safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, ergonomic factors and regulatory requirements.

  • Validates contractual performance milestones, maintains configuration control, conducts reviews, prepares plans for productions readiness, preventative maintenance, and spares.

  • Conducts training for Production and Maintenance personnel.

  • Develops and implements moderately complex work-arounds and maintains configuration of hardware, software and documentation.

  • Supports studies for disposition of assets.

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

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement

  • 2+ years of related work experience in Production Engineering

  • 1+ years of experience using basic Microsoft Office and office computing systems

  • 1+ years of experience reading and comprehending engineering tooling drawings

  • 1+ years of experience with 3D modeling, analysis and simulation of production systems

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

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

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

  • Master’s Degree from an accredited course of study in a STEM field

  • Familiar with CATIA and CREO

  • Familiar with product configuration management

  • Familiar following the procedures of a production quality management systems

  • Familiar with receiving requirements and writing outsource specifications leveraging industry standards and best practices

  • Familiar developing mitigations and work-around plans in a manufacturing setting

Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Sign on Bonus:

Potential Sign on Bonus for Eligible/Qualified candidate.

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

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.

Pay and Benefits:

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.

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