T-7A Aero Performance Engineer

About the role

The Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) team is seeking an Experienced or Senior Aero Performance Engineer to support the T-7A program based in Berkeley, MO.

The T-7A program is wrapping up the EMD phase (engineering, manufacturing, and development) and starting into LRIP (low-rate initial production). The T-7A will replace the current Air Force T-38 trainer.

Responsibilities

• Performs aerodynamic/aerothermodynamics design and analysis of flight vehicles to ensure that the vehicle meets requirements.
• Key contributor to developing new and improving existing technologies, tools and processes to enhance technology readiness, improve vehicle performance and reduce cycle time and cost.
• Counsels and trains others.
• Conducts, coordinates and/or develops test requirements to meet test objectives using established processes.
• Assesses the impact of proposed regulations to determine the effect on cost, performance, producibility, maintainability and safety.
• Supports certification and qualification processes of the aerodynamic/ aero thermal characteristics of flight vehicles.
• Utilizes aerodynamics knowledge to conduct Aero Performance tasks
• Computes mission performance, take-off and landing performance, turn performance, and other key performance parameters across a range of day types and jet configurations
• Generates flight-manual quality plots, including complex chase-around-type plots
• Participates in flight testing activities
• Corrects flight test data to standard conditions
• Generates documentation including flight test data reports, and customer-deliverable reports including sections of the T-7A Flight Manual
• Produces first-time quality data products

Requirements

• 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
• 5+ years work-related experience with a Bachelors degree OR an equivalent combination of work-related experience and technical education.

Qualifications

• Aerospace engineering degree
• Python experience
• Wind tunnel test experience

Skills

• Computes mission performance, take-off and landing performance, turn performance, and other key performance parameters across a range of day types and jet configurations
• Generates flight-manual quality plots, including complex chase-around-type plots
• Participates in flight testing activities
• Corrects flight test data to standard conditions
• Generates documentation including flight test data reports, and customer-deliverable reports including sections of the T-7A Flight Manual
• Produces first-time quality data products

Benefits

• Generous company match to your 401(k)
• Industry-leading tuition assistance program pays your institution directly
• Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
• Up to $10,000 gift match when you support your favorite nonprofit organizations

Pay & Schedule

• Level 3: $112,200 - $151,800
• Level 4: $136,850 - $185,150

Schedule

• This position is for 1st shift