Lighting Structural & Payload Design Engineer; Associate or Experienced Payload Systems Design

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 Airplanes is seeking a Lighting Design Engineer ( Associate or Experienced) to join the 787 design team in Everett, WA .

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 is responsible for the interior of the airplane, including the passenger cabin, cargo compartments, exterior markings, associated systems, and cabin safety. We are how our airline customers fulfill their mission, represent their brand, and shape how the public experiences flight.

Our organization operates in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, which pulls from many scientific disciplines. Be part of the team that connects rigorous technical design to the future of air travel.

The Role:

The lighting system include General Lighting, Lighting Scene Development, Emergency Lighting, and Passenger Information Signs. Technical design considerations include key technology performance indicators, physical/mechanical packaging & integration, electrical design, systems interfaces & communication protocols, optical system performance (e.g., interactions with materials, near-field lighting effects, lens design, etc.), and the human visual system.

Lighting team collaborate closely with the Cabin Systems, Electrical Sub-Systems, Supplier Management, Regulatory Administration, and other Boeing teams. As a Lighting Design Engineer , you will provide technical leadership, communication, and project management and be responsible for design requirements, integration, and installation support into the final aircraft product.

The successful candidate will have a statement of work that spans the product lifecycle, beginning with the upfront technical definition & feasibility studies, through supporting configuration development, identifying & managing risks, and resolving cross-commodity & interface design issues, to performing validation and verification activities and demonstrating compliance to regulatory requirements.

As a result, we are seeking candidates with the following qualities:

• Leadership: must be a self-starter, adept at leading complex projects and influencing people across and beyond the Interiors organization.

• Technical Integration: capability and good knowledge to manage complex design problems involving interface management among multiple product teams, developing solutions, and providing recommendations.

• Good problem-solving skills and critical thinking.

• Creativity and innovative thinking: develop solutions that meet customer and Boeing needs.

• Flexibility, adaptability, and comfort with a highly variable work statement.

• Excellent communication skills. Ability to clearly communicate complex scenarios with diverse internal and external personnel (peers, executive leadership, other Boeing organizations, suppliers, airlines).

• Ability to use a variety of media to clearly convey information and ideas to a variety of audiences.

• Demonstrated interest in continuous learning and development.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develops, integrates, and documents system functional architecture and requirements to establish the design criteria.

• Performs, integrates, and approves analytical and test results used to validate and verify systems and components meet requirement specifications.

• Develops, maintains and modifies interior lighting system and component designs, using 3-D Computer Aided Design, optical modeling & simulation tools and/or other design methods, to provide product definition to other engineering groups, production operations, suppliers and external customers throughout the product lifecycle.

• Develops new design/analysis processes and tools to improve the effectiveness, quality, and efficiency of the…