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Lab Operations Engineer (Entry, Associate, or Experienced Level)

Boeing
Long Beach, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 23 Jul 2026
💰 $103,500/yr($76,500/yr$103,500/yr)

About the role

Lab Operations Engineer (Entry, Associate, or Experienced Level)

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Test and Evaluation (BT&E) organization is seeking Lab Operations Engineers based in Long Beach, CA, to support the development and sustainment of our avionics lab and related test activities.

You'll have the opportunity to work on groundbreaking projects that will shape the future of the aerospace industry. Our current initiatives include developing an integrated test lab for flight hardware, avionics, and flight simulators. Major programs include AvionX, C-17 and others.

As a Lab Operations Engineer in BT&E, you will play a pivotal role in the design and development of lab hardware and sustainment of new and legacy units. In addition, you will document requirements, develop and maintain test articles and interfaces in support of various programs using the lab. Additionally, you will perform seamless hardware and software integration ensuring all systems work harmoniously together to support qualification and provide support in troubleshooting and resolving lab issues of new and legacy test equipment.

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Entry, Associate, and Mid-Level Lab Operation Engineers.

Position Responsibilities Include:

  • Perform systems verification through execution of test procedures

  • Support the development and verification of test methods

  • Develop detailed test procedures, and instrumentation and configuration definition, needed to perform the test and minimize risk

  • Develop solutions to calibration systems problems of limited scope and impact

  • Design test hardware, software and systems to achieve test requirements

  • Use analytical tools to verify the design

  • Analyze, process, and format data to customer requirements

  • Review test data, including off-nominal data, for accuracy, quality and/or fidelity prior to delivery to customer

  • Prepare and publish test reports to document test results and satisfy requirements

  • Present test results to internal

  • Archive data and reports

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship

  • 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

  • Experience with electronic hardware testing and troubleshooting

  • Experience with testing in the realms of Software and Electronic Hardware development

  • Experience working in a laboratory environment

  • Experience with development and maintenance of wire harness design and drawings

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

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

  • Level 3: 3 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

  • 1 + years of experience working with electrical data bus interface standards (Ethernet, MILSTD-1553, ARINC 429, RS-232)

  • 1 + years of experience working with MIL-STD Connectors such as D38999

  • Experience with generating electrical drawings using AutoCAD or Visio

  • Experience with hardware configuration control and requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, TeamCenter)

  • Experience in the creation of Statement of Work and estimates, plans, schedules and corrective action

  • Experience in developing hardware verification plans, test procedures and test environments, as well as executing the test procedures and documenting test results

  • Great teammate, able to work in collaborative environment

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

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

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 variabl

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