Boeing
Structures and Payload Design Engineer (Associate or Mid-Level) (Payload Systems Design)
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The role involves managing the integration and certification of passenger seat programs in Boeing aircraft, requiring collaboration with various stakeholders and technical data analysis.
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 Payloads Organization within Boeing Commercial Aircraft is seeking Structures and Payload Design Engineers (Associate or Mid-Level) in Everett or Renton, WA to support our SeatsIntegration Team (SIT). Seat Engineers are responsible for managing the installation, integration, and certification of multiple development passenger seat programs into our Boeing aircrafts by overseeing supplier seat designs to ensure all customer, regulatory, and Boeing requirements are met.
Success in this role, requires extensive coordination with Customer Engineering, Payload Configuration, Supplier Management, Seat Suppliers, Airline Customers, numerous interfacing program commodity teams, regulatory administration, FAA, and factory personnel. In addition, a strong engineering foundation is required to review and approve supplier technical data, understand certification test requirements, prepare engineering releases to support seat and systems installations, author and release compliance summary reports.
Domestic and International travel is required for this role.
Payloads (Seats) are seeking candidates with experience in any of the following areas:
Position Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
Preferred Qualifications
Union:
This is a union represented position
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.
Total Rewards & Pay Transparency:
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 hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range Associate (Level 2): $96,300 - $117,700
Summary pay range Experienced (Level 3): $117,900 - $144,100
Applications for this position will be accepted until Jan. 29, 2026
Export Control Requirements:
This is not an Export Control position.
Education
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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 Payloads Organization within Boeing Commercial Aircraft is seeking Structures and Payload Design Engineers (Associate or Mid-Level) in Everett or Renton, WA to support our SeatsIntegration Team (SIT). Seat Engineers are responsible for managing the installation, integration, and certification of multiple development passenger seat programs into our Boeing aircrafts by overseeing supplier seat designs to ensure all customer, regulatory, and Boeing requirements are met.
Success in this role, requires extensive coordination with Customer Engineering, Payload Configuration, Supplier Management, Seat Suppliers, Airline Customers, numerous interfacing program commodity teams, regulatory administration, FAA, and factory personnel. In addition, a strong engineering foundation is required to review and approve supplier technical data, understand certification test requirements, prepare engineering releases to support seat and systems installations, author and release compliance summary reports.
Domestic and International travel is required for this role.
Payloads (Seats) are seeking candidates with experience in any of the following areas:
- Engineering support and project leadership within a production system
- Direct engagement working with/for aerospace suppliers or airlines
- Validating/demonstrating compliance to regulatory requirements
- Working with regulators
- Design for manufacturing
Position Responsibilities:
- Develops, integrates and documents structural and interior payload system requirements to establish the system design
- Develops, maintains and modifies structural and interior payload system and component designs, using 3-D Computer Aided Design tools and/or other design methods, to provide product definition to other engineering groups, production operations, suppliers and external customers throughout the product lifecycle
- Performs, integrates analytical and test results to validate and verify systems and components meet requirements and specifications
- Manages supplier development, test and production activities and coordinates with the supplier to optimize the design and achieve program goals
- Develops new design/analysis processes and tools to improve the effectiveness, quality and efficiency of the development effort
- Investigates emerging technologies to develop concepts for future product designs to meet projected requirements
- Works under general direction
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
- 2+ years of experience working with or equivalent industry experience
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience working with or equivalent industry experience
- Knowledge of payloads engineering releases and configuration management processes
- Ability to travel (10-20 percent) International and Domestic
- Possess strong attention to detail and effective collaboration and communication skills, both written and verbal, within the team and externally.
- Experience in CATIA, ENOVIA, IVT, DCCS, and REDARS
- Experience in reviewing technical documents
Union:
This is a union represented position
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.
Total Rewards & Pay Transparency:
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 hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range Associate (Level 2): $96,300 - $117,700
Summary pay range Experienced (Level 3): $117,900 - $144,100
Applications for this position will be accepted until Jan. 29, 2026
Export Control Requirements:
This is not an Export Control position.
Education
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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