Job Description
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The Boeing Safety, Security, and Airworthiness (SS&A) organization is looking for Airplane Safety Engineers (Associate, Mid-Level, Senior) to join the Design Build Safety (DBS) team in Everett, Auburn, or Renton, WA. Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Associate, Mid-Level, and Senior Airplane Safety Engineers.
Do you get energized by seeing our product get built and maintained? Are you passionate about product safety and eager to make a high-impact contribution to Boeing's production and maintenance processes?
Join the newly formed Airplane Safety Team supporting the Enduring Design Build Safety (DBS) initiative, a key part of Boeing Commercial Airplanes' (BCA) Safety and Quality Plan (SQP) following the Alaska Airlines 1282 incident. DBS is focused on eliminating or minimizing production and maintenance errors that can cause or contribute to failure conditions, ensuring the highest level of rigor and confidence in product safety.
As an Airplane Safety Engineer on the DBS team, you will have the opportunity to work independently while leading teams tasked to deliver urgent product safety solutions, mature robust processes, and help integrate Safety Management System (SMS) and Quality Management System (QMS) functions. This role offers high visibility and the opportunity to collaborate across design, manufacturing, and quality engineering discipline across the entire product life cycle. The importance of this function can't be overstated as you will contribute to Boeing product safety through Safety Assurance of our build and maintenance activities.
Engagement with company leadership and functional experts from across the company make this position highly invigorating. We have a close-knit group with mentors available for consultation.
Position Responsibilities:
Lead safety analyses for Design Build Assessments (DBAs) on BCA production and maintenance programs, including:
Creating safety packages summarizing hazards from Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs), System Safety Assessments (SSAs), and in-service product safety events
Partnering with Design, Manufacturing, and Quality Engineering
Supporting Process Failure Modes Effect Analyses (PFMEA) and developing mitigations, controls, and barriers to prevent production and maintenance escapes
Presenting at Technical Design Reviews and serving as the authoritative expert on product safety documentation and containment actions
Support or Lead Safety Risk Management (SRM) activities related to DBS findings, including hazard identification, risk assessment, bow-tie development, and mitigation strategies
Strengthen SMS/QMS integration by advancing processes that:
Ensure appropriate SMS response to QMS signals
Assess process noncompliance for product safety risk
Identify production build issues with high safety severity or verification system failures
Evaluate potential systemic corrective actions beyond restoring the affected part
Mature solutions for data monitoring, systemic hazard escalation, enhanced controls, and design practices to ensure product conformance. We coordinate closely with Boeing functional groups, management and executives, and suppliers to ensure all stakeholders are aligned with proposed solutions.
Support updates to functional excellence (templates, trainings) based on findings
Partner cross-functionally to increase visibility of product safety sensitivity across the digital thread and drive improvements to Boeing Safety Intelligence
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to be part of a high-impact, enduring team recognized for excellence in safety and quality. You will work alongside dedicated professionals nominated for the Safety and Quality Award Team of the Year, contributing directly to the safety and reliability of Boeing's products.
We value a broad range of perspectives, background, and experience as essential to delivering the safest products possible. We support a collaborative environment and encourage a healthy work-life balance
If you are ready to help shape the future of airplane safety and quality at Boeing, apply today to join the Design Build Safety team!
A successful Associate candidate will have the following qualifications:
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team
Ability and willingness to take ownership of, and facilitate, work activities to ensure they are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner
A successful Mid-Level candidate will have the following qualifications:
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team
Intrinsic aptitude for taking initiative, leading cross functional teams and projects
Ability and willingness to take ownership of, and facilitate, work activities to ensure they are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner
A successful Senior candidate will have the following qualifications:
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong ability to interact and communicate with Boeing senior management and technical peers from other functions
Ability to lead, influence, and mentor a multidisciplinary team
Intrinsic aptitude for taking initiative, leading cross functional teams and complex projects
Ability and willingness to take ownership of, and facilitate, work activities to ensure they are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner
This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at Everett, Renton, or Auburn, WA.
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
1+ years related work experience
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
Mid-Level: 5+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Senior: 10+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Positive "can-do" attitude towards working cross functionally with DE/ME/QE/Ops on a system or structure they are not experts on
Experience as a Mechanical System Design and Analysis Engineer (6G/5B), Structures and Payloads Design Engineer (6G/5C), Structural Analysis Engineer (6G/5D), Electrical Design and Analysis Engineer (6B/1D), or Aerospace Systems Safety Engineer (6P/AS).
Strong working skills with Systems Safety Analyses (SSAs), Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs), Common Mode Analysis (CMA), and/or structural failure modes.
MRB or Service engineering experience
Basic understanding of Boeing's intranet architecture (REDARs, ASTRO, CMES, MyBoeingFleet)
Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) 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.
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 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): $87,550 - $118,450
Summary Pay Range (Mid-Level): $104,550 - $141,450
Summary Pay Range (Senior): $128,350 - $173,650
Applications for this position will be accepted until Sept. 01, 2025
Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required
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.
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.
