Job Description
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Boeing Global Services (BGS) has an exciting opportunity for a Strength Engineer (Level 3) to join the Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (GSE) engineering design team in Hazelwood, MO to support Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Air Dominance\Phantom Works, Air Proprietary 1 (AP1) Program.
This team is responsible for a wide-range of uniquely designed airframe and subsystem GSE, including equipment handling, testing, repair, and air vehicle interface of many systems including airframe/structure, hydraulics, flight controls, power systems, fuel, armament, landing gear, and all other mechanical interfaces with the air vehicle. This position will provide strength input / guidance, analysis (such as FEA) and approval of newly designed and/or modified mechanical GSE. This position will primarily support Air Dominance\Phantom Works, Air Proprietary 1 (AP1) Program with the potential for supporting a variety of military aircraft platforms, such as F-15, F/A-18, T-X, MQ-25, AAS, and others. The work environment is an office setting, collocated with mechanical design engineers. There will also be occasional visits to suppliers to witness proof load tests and acceptance tests. As a GSE Team member, the successful candidate will support the teams RAA (responsibility, accountability and authority) to complete a portion of the GSE teams’ statement of work and deliverables for the program.
Position Responsibilities
Supports proposal preparation and new business development efforts.
Trains and coaches others.
Works under minimal direction.
Provide strength input and recommendations for new 3-D engineering layouts, 3-D models, designs / drawings and 2-D drawing changes for a wide variety of mechanical ground support equipment
Coordinate sizing and loads with air vehicle team for support equipment-to-air vehicle interfaces.
Perform a strength assessment for a variety of mechanical GSE structural components, mechanisms and occasional fluid system components.
Derive static loads through a free-body and apply them with either hand calculations and/or finite element analysis (FEA). Typical software: PATRAN, NASTRAN, Hypermesh, StressCheck, CSW and TK Solver.
Make engineering design recommendations based on analysis, loads, material properties, configurations, safety factors, etc.
Document results in a strength report
Support internal, informal peer reviews and formal design reviews as needed
Evaluate supplier hardware non-conformances and material substitutions
Support internal, informal peer reviews and formal design reviews as needed
Work independently with advisement from other, more experienced strength engineers
Special Program Access or other Government Access Requirements are mandatory for this position.

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 in one or more areas of aircraft structures such as design, strength, fatigue
3+ years of experience with engineering fundamentals such as material properties, free-body diagrams, structural loads and analysis methods
Experience with finite element analysis (FEA)
Ability to work independently and with a cross-functional team
Ability to occasionally travel domestically, work flexible hours, overtime and occasional weekends when necessary

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in mechanical or aerospace engineering
General familiarity with mechanical support equipment
General knowledge of fabrication methods for mechanical hardware, such as machining, welding, processing and assembly
Familiarity with mechanism analysis
Familiarity with weld analysis
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options (Hazelwood, MO).

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