X-66 Systems Engineer (Lead or Senior)

X-66 Systems Engineer (Lead or Senior)

Company:

The Boeing Company

Job ID:

00000433119

Date Posted:

2024-07-29

Location:

USA - Hazelwood, MO, USA - Huntington Beach, CA, USA - Long Beach, CA

Job Description Qualifications:

The Boeing Research and Technology (BR&T), X-66 program is seeking a Systems Engineer (Level 4 or 5) to join our team located in Long Beach, CA, Huntington Beach, CA, or Hazelwood, MO.

Our team is currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including lead or senior level systems engineers.

The X-66 team works in collaboration with internal partners and NASA to develop the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD), to flight test the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) Configuration.

NASA and Boeing are partnering to develop the X-66, an experimental aircraft designed to help the United States achieve the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The aircraft will have long, thin wings with a set of aerodynamic trusses for support, known as a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing. The X-66 is the first X-plane specifically focused on helping the United States achieve the goal of net-zero aviation greenhouse gas emissions and presents a unique set of engineering challenges compared to a traditional commercial aircraft design.

We are a geographical distributed organization looking for innovative, passionate, and highly collaborative teammates to help us dive into the design architecture ensure system safety, quality, integrity, and mission success.

We provide opportunities for those looking to take the next step in their systems engineering and integration career and to contribute to a unique Boeing-NASA partnership aimed at demonstrating and testing technologies that could lead to breakthroughs in sustainable flight and inform the designs of the next generation of single-aisle airplanes. The unique nature of this experimental aircraft makes the X-66 program a great place to see how both commercial and defense aerospace programs are executed on a rapid timeline.

The System Engineering Team is responsible for the development and execution of the X-66 Systems Engineering Management Plan and works closely and collaboratively with the program teams (software engineering, safety engineering, design, integration, test and more) to develop requirements, assess architectures and designs, identify safety risks, and develop associated mitigations, and verify final designs meets program requirements and goals.  

This position is best suited for those with strong critical thinking skills and the ability to collaborate and perform well in a diverse and geographical distributed environment.  Strong written and oral communication is also an important part of this assignment.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead the definition of requirements for aircraft, systems, and systems of systems

• Lead Concept of Operations (CONOPS) development

• Lead functional architecture and decomposition

• Risk, Issue, and Opportunity (RIO) tracking

• Apply an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify complex lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions.

• Evaluate customer/operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters, and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces.

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 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 leading technical teams

• Experience leading one or more of the following: requirements validation/verification, functional integration, inter/intra-systems analysis, and Concept of Operations development

• Experience working with and partnering with cross-functional teams on projects and initiatives

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 9+ years o