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Data Engineer (Mid-Level or Senior)

Wichita, Kansas Job ID 2025-14897 Category Information Technology Post Date Jun. 27, 2025
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Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Use knowledge of software engineering, computing technology, programming languages, and software life cycles to develop, program, maintain, and integrate computing applications including company-developed and commercial off-the-shelf software. Consolidates and analyzes diverse data sets including structured and unstructured data. Develops algorithms, dashboards, and queries to model datasets. Keeps abreast of new analytic methodologies and technologies. Collaborates with functional business units to drive business solutions and direction. Develops, inspects, mines, transforms, and models data using off-the-shelf software and writing new code to raise productivity, improve decision making, and gain competitive advantage. Uses statistical software to perform statistical analysis. Collects, analyzes and interprets numerical data from various sources. Prepares conclusions and predictions based on data summaries. Devises modeling and measuring techniques; utilizes mathematics, statistical methods, operational mathematics, and machine learning techniques.

This position is 100% onsite in Wichita, KS

At this time, Spirit AeroSystems is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent and ongoing basis without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Builds and codes data solutions using tools such as SQL, Python, Tableau, and Microsoft Programs.
  • Evaluate organizational methods and provide source-to-target mappings and information-model specification documents for datasets
  • Using knowledge of computing technology, programming languages, and software life cycles to develop, program, maintain, and integrate data sources.
  • Define and implement data acquisition and integration logic, selecting an appropriate combination of methods and tools within the defined technology stack to ensure optimal scalability and performance of the solution
  • Work directly with managers and users to gather requirements, provide status updates, and build relationships

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
  • 2 - 5 years’ related experience with a Bachelor’s, 1-3 years’ related experience with a Master’s.
  • Required 9 years’ related experience minimum with no degree
  • Proficient Understanding of Script Development, ETL, CI/CD Data Pipelines, REST APIs
  • Require knowledge of Database Administration and Development, SQL, HANA, Oracle, Python, and Jenkins
  • Proficient understanding of: Application development lifecycles

Preferred Qualifications

  • Understanding of SAP ECC 6.0 data structures.

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.

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Your Benefits

No matter where you are in life, our benefits help prepare you for the present and the future.

  • 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.
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