BGS Supply Chain Engineering Tool Engineer - Level 3

BGS Supply Chain Engineering Tool Engineer - Level 3

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Global Services (BGS) Supply Chain Engineering is currently looking for an Equipment & Tool Engineer to join their team in Seal Beach, CA.  This person will have the opportunity to work on multiple Boeing and heritage McDonnell Douglas Commercial Airplane models by providing tooling support for spare parts procurement.  The individual will partner with Senior Tool Engineers to develop our tooling strategy to optimize how we store, disposition, and manage Out-of-Production Tooling.  In this role, you will collaborate with multiple other engineering workstreams, with third-party logistics warehouse suppliers, and with our international business partners.  A typical day-in-the-life could include assisting suppliers with tooling related fabrication questions, analyzing tools to make scrap/retain decisions, assessing tool quotes for fair and reasonable costs, and/or managing tool data in the PLM.  The successful candidate will have the ability to communicate across multiple functions and prefers working in a fast-paced environment.  This individual must be well organized, adaptable and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at the Seal Beach, CA facility.

Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience in a fabrication/assembly shop or manufacturing facility, working directly with tooling

• Knowledge of common manufacturing processes as they relate to tooling, including casting, machining, forging, sheet metal fabrication, tube bending, welding, molding, composite layup and assembly.

• An understanding of the different part commodities/part build strategies and what tool types are generally used for each commodity.

• Excellent communicator with the ability to articulate technical details

• Interrogate engineering/tooling drawings and CAD models to understand tool geometry and complexity, with knowledge of the Cartesian coordinate system, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

• Basic Loft engineering understanding

• Understanding of the need for periodic tool inspections

• Knowledge of the use of Master Tooling to control aircraft configuration

• Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook required

• Experience with CATIA, NX, and SAP is a plus

• Experience working with an external supplier or customer is a plus

• Tool dispositioning strategy experience would be a plus but not required

• Experience in tool cost estimating would be a plus

• Familiarity with additive manufacturing processes as they relate to quick response tooling is a plus

Travel may be required up to 10% of the time; Domestically and/or internationally depending on business needs.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skill/Experience)

• Bachelor's Degree or higher from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics or physics

• 4+ years’ experience working in an engineering discipline

• 4+ years’ experience in a tool / equipment engineering or tool manufacturing environment

• 3+ years’ experience modeling solid objects in a computer-aided design tool such as CATIA

The position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 is required.  “US Person” includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Experience working in an Equipment or Tool Engineering role

• Experience working in a production environment

• Experience with Numerical Control (NC) programming

• Ability to learn in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to collaborate with both the engineering workforce and the mechanics on the factory floor

• Project management knowledge

• Strong communication skills

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’s +7 years related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

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