Senior Flight Controls & Hydraulics Design Engineer

Jobtome; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 104,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Boeing in North Charleston seeks an experienced Flight Controls Mechanical Hydraulics Design & Analysis Engineer. You will design, analyze, test, certify and support hydraulic and mechanical flight-control systems for the 787 family, collaborating with teams across manufacturing, avionics, and regulatory bodies.

Ideal candidates have strong backgrounds in mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic systems, model-based tooling (Matlab/Simulink, Cameo), and experience with FAA/EASA certification

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace, Aeronautical or Materials).
• Level 3: 5+ years of related work experience or equivalent.
• 3+ years of professional engineering experience.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally 10%.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into system-level specifications and components.
• Lead design efforts with documentation for manufacturability and cost constraints.
• Plan and execute system and component validation, testing, and reporting.
• Support system certification activities including hazard analyses and traceability to requirements.
• Assist production with build issues and design improvements for quality and safety.
• Support fleet operations with technical expertise and incident analyses.
• Coordinate across manufacturing, avionics, operations, suppliers and regulators.

Skills

System controls

Mechanical systems

Electrical systems

Systems modeling

Electro-mechanical actuation

Thermodynamics & fluid dynamics

Aircraft certification

Cameo

Matlab/Simulink

Scripting (Matlab, C++, Python)

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

Cameo

Matlab/Simulink

Easy5

Adams

Simscape

Scripting (Matlab, C++, Python)

Job description

Boeing in North Charleston seeks an experienced Flight Controls Mechanical Hydraulics Design & Analysis Engineer. You will design, analyze, test, certify and support hydraulic and mechanical flight-control systems for the 787 family, collaborating with teams across manufacturing, avionics, and regulatory bodies.

Ideal candidates have strong backgrounds in mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic systems, model-based tooling (Matlab/Simulink, Cameo), and experience with FAA/EASA certification