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Experienced Structural & Payloads Design Engineer

Chennai, Tamil Nadu Job ID JR2025482437 Category Engineering - Mechanical & Structural Role Type Onsite Post Date Nov. 10, 2025
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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.


Job Description

Overview

As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing’s team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality and integrity.

Technology for today and tomorrow

The Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) is a 5500+ engineering workforce that contributes to global aerospace growth. Our engineers deliver cutting-edge R&D, innovation, and high-quality engineering work in global markets, and leverage new-age technologies such as AI/ML, IIoT, Cloud, Model-Based Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing, shaping the future of aerospace.

People-driven culture

At Boeing, we believe creativity and innovation thrives when every employee is trusted, empowered, and has the flexibility to choose, grow, learn, and explore. We offer variable arrangements depending upon business and customer needs, and professional pursuits that offer greater flexibility in the way our people work. We also believe that collaboration, frequent team engagements, and face-to-face meetings bring together different perspectives and thoughts – enabling every voice to be heard and every perspective to be respected. No matter where or how our teammates work, we are committed to positively shaping people’s careers and being thoughtful about employee wellbeing.

With us, you can create and contribute to what matters most in your career, community, country, and world. Join us in powering the progress of global aerospace.

Boeing India Engineering is looking for Experienced Structural & Payloads Design Engineer to join their team in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

A successful candidate will understand collaboration and shall work with the Engineering Manager, Project lead & Aerospace Mechanical Design and Systems expert to define requirements and approves tools, equipment, materials, parts and processes used in the engineering design, manufacture and/or maintenance of products, analyze the supplier flammability reports, support innovative technologies and digital initiatives.

Position Responsibilities:

  • You will execute one or more projects independently without supervision
  • You will execute end-to-end project management, including some configuration management and change control
  • You will lead to producing specifications and other documents to manage the deployment of tools, equipment, materials, parts and processes.
  • You will maintain compliance with flammability regulatory obligations
  • You will provide technical guidance and mentor team during project execution
  • You will coordinate and communicate with team members in Boeing organizations and shall provide a periodic update on project progress, quality metrics, project summaries, and other related documents.
  • You will convert the customer requirements to project deliverables and define suitable processes to achieve the desired results/outcome.
  • You will build statements of work, estimates, resource plans, and schedules
  • You will make recommendations to management on resource requirements
  • You will pro-actively seek information and direction to complete the work statement
  • You will promote standardization across business activities
  • You will identify and track technical performance metrics to measure project progress and ensure compliance with requirements
  • You will represent design reviews, customer meetings, audits and other activities.
  • You will work well in domestic and global teams from a modern innovative and collaborative environment.
  • You shall train and mentor other engineers, manage one or more projects.
  • You shall think out of the box and apply problem-solving skills to find solutions appropriately.
  • You will gather relevant data for root cause analysis and produce changes to resolve the discrepancies in design packages.
  • You will take part in and support initiatives of Boeing India organization related to engineering excellence, employee development, customer engagement, etc.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor’s or higher in Engineering is required as a Basic Qualification.
  • You shall have experience in structural design, mechanical design, and material properties.
  • You shall have awareness of industry standards, aircraft requirements, design and certification.
  • You shall have experience in aerospace material selection, drawing (Drawing based or MBD), processes (finishing and heat treatment) specifications, engineering or product quality investigation analyses.
  • You shall have experience in Flammability testing and certification of new materials is essential.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • You shall have experience of product development support - Requirements definition, materials selection and screening, and certification strategy development.
  • Experience in aircrafts interiors is highly preferable.
  • You shall have experience in Flammability Regulations and ability to understand the development rationale for supplier designs and change proposals.
  • You shall have experience in Flammability Test plan and Test report
  • You shall have experience in use of PDM/PLM tools such as ENOVIA LCA or Team Center.
  • You shall have knowledge of data analytics, data interpretation and data visualization using MS Excel (preferred), MS Power BI (advantage) or Tableau (advantage)
  • You shall have knowledge in Agile Project Management.
  • You shall be able to work with cross-functional team and work flexible hours (early or late as needed) to interface with Boeing stakeholders around the world.

Typical Education & Experience:

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 8 Plus years' related work experience or master’s degree with 7+ years of experience with an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Relocation:

This position does offer relocation within INDIA.


Applications for this position will be accepted until Nov. 15, 2025


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

Not a Shift Worker (India)


Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are proud members of the Valuable 500 and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

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