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Overview

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is seeking Design Engineers to work as Structural and Payload Design Engineers in El Segundo, CA, focusing on innovation and collaboration to enhance professional growth in a welcoming and inclusive environment.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, interpret, and modify basic structural and payload system designs using 3-D CAD tools.
  • Understand Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) standards.
  • Validate and verify systems and components meet requirements and specifications.
  • Manage supplier development and test and production activities.
  • Develop new design and analysis processes and tools to improve effectiveness, quality, and efficiency.
  • Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies for future product designs.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define interfaces and develop integrated assembly designs.
  • Provide engineering support throughout fabrication, integration, and testing of structure products.
  • Develop complex equipment and tooling concepts and design solutions for the Production System.
  • Investigate emerging technologies for future product designs and vehicle integration.
  • Ensure compliance with safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
  • Develop, integrate, and document vehicle tooling and equipment integration workflows.

Requirements

  • Ability to obtain a TS/SCI U.S. Security Clearance requiring U.S. Citizenship.
  • 1+ years of experience for level 2, 3+ years for level 3, and 5+ years for level 4.
  • Experience using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.
  • Experience in Space Hardware environments, such as satellites.
  • Experience with structural engineering, payload engineering, or systems engineering.
  • Experience with composite materials and processes.
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering with a focus on Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace, Aeronautical, or Material Sciences.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This position is expected to be fully onsite in El Segundo, CA.
  • Ability and willingness to work occasional compensated ad hoc support outside of typical business hours.
  • This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in El Segundo, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $51/hr, this posting sits about 20% above the $43/hr median for welding jobs in El Segundo, CA — toward the top of a $38–$65/hr middle band drawn from 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 63% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in El Segundo, CA

We're tracking 19 other active welding openings in El Segundo, CA right now, from 11 different employers. 12 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 600 other active welding openings from 271 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in El Segundo, or widen the search to California.

Boeing currently has 1 other opening live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Vast (18), and Relativity Space (17). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Gardena at $73/hr, Redondo Beach at $72/hr, and Pasadena at $61/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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