Aircraft Cabin Interiors Design Engineer

Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EnCore, a Boeing subsidiary, in Huntington Beach, California, is seeking a Design Engineer to drive development of aircraft interior products. You will design, prototype, test, and iterate in collaboration with manufacturing, certification, and customers, delivering solutions from concept through delivery.

The role focuses on balancing innovative cabin design with regulatory requirements, with in-house prototyping and cross-functional teamwork to accelerate learning and design refinement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar discipline.
• Ability to successfully handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience in understanding a variety of manufacturing processes including composites forming, CNC machining, stampings, sheet metal forming, and thermoforming.
• Understanding of material properties including metals, general plastics, and composites.
• Able to design complex integrated kinematic assemblies.
• Knowledge of related software including CATIA, AUTOCAD, and PLM.

Responsibilities

• Design products by defining and executing engineering concepts, including material and process selections.
• Coordinate with groups such as manufacturing, planning, purchasing, program management, certification, stress engineering, and electrical engineering to ensure program completion according to safety standards, regulations, and schedule.
• Apply engineering principles in the development of products to ensure unit meets specification, regulation, schedule, and budget requirements.
• Provide design support for current and new product design projects.
• Create 3D models of individual components and assemblies in CATIA. Create and or check 2D drawings of parts, components, sub-assemblies and assemblies as required in CATIA and AUTOCAD.
• Research and verify the design criteria and needs per customer as well as based upon regulatory and integrator or OEM requirements.
• Develop and optimize designs which adhere to performance targets including cost, volume, weight, and quality, as established by management and customer demand. Identify opportunities to optimize components and assemblies whenever possible.
• Ensure designs are optimized for manufacturing and assembly, including and not limited to soliciting observations from fabricators, operators, quality assurance, product support, supply chain specialists, or other disciplines as needed.
• Coordinate component integration aspects such as electronics and other BFE items.
• Create design proposals, including presentations, and objectively demonstrate the benefits and rationale behind proposed designs. This may include presentations to a variety to groups including other disciplines, and customers.
• Provide technical support to supply chain to address vendor inquiries.
• Monitor project tracking status to ensure projects are completed accurately and timely.

Skills

Multitasking

Composite forming

CNC machining

Sheet metal forming

Thermoforming

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CATIA

AUTOCAD

PLM

Job description

EnCore, a Boeing subsidiary, in Huntington Beach, California, is seeking a Design Engineer to drive development of aircraft interior products. You will design, prototype, test, and iterate in collaboration with manufacturing, certification, and customers, delivering solutions from concept through delivery.

The role focuses on balancing innovative cabin design with regulatory requirements, with in-house prototyping and cross-functional teamwork to accelerate learning and design refinement.