Entry-Level or Associate Equipment & Tool Designer Technician – Additive Manufacturing and Prototyping

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

The Boeing Company has an exciting opportunity for an Entry-Level or Associate Equipment & Tool Designer Technician – Additive Manufacturing and Prototyping in Tukwila, WA.

In this role, you will oversee the full life cycle of printing and post-processing additive manufactured parts, from initial design to final quality assurance. You will provide technical support for engineering changes, investigate and develop basic to moderately complex equipment and tooling concepts, participate in design reviews, create and revise drawings and models to support the build plan. Utilizing multiple technologies across both additive and traditional fabrication methods, you will perform self-checks of designs for compliance with safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, ergonomic factors, and regulatory requirements.

Additionally, you will maintain hardware and software configurations and assist in user training development. Your contributions will be vital in ensuring efficient and high-quality additive manufacturing processes for aerospace products.

Position Responsibilities Include:

• Design & fabrication of additive manufactured prototypes and developmental parts, from initial concept to final product

• Operate a variety of additive manufacturing equipment. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Stereolithography (SLA), PolyJet, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) & Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)

• Create operation and quality documents for multiple Additive manufacturing (AM) processes

• Use of hand and manual machine tools to finish AM parts

• Creating build files using applicable software, machine prep, material selection, cleaning parts, and final assembly including use of adhesives and finishes

• Customer coordination regarding process and design for AM

 Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee

• Experience using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software

• Experience in additive manufacturing

• Experience using hand tools and/or hand-held power tools

• Experience in mechanical design for additive manufacturing parts/methods

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Level 2: 1 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience 

• Experience using precisions measuring equipment

• Spray painting models and assemblies

• Ability to learn and support in fast paced Research and Development (R&D) environments

• Ability to collaborate with both our team and our customers

• Focus on customer needs and ability to work directly with customers towards goals

• Ability to obtain security clearance

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.

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

Union:

This is a union-represented position.

Pay & 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.  

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hir