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Boeing · 1 day ago

Senior Airplane Safety Engineer

Everett, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$127K/yr - $171K/yr

9+ years exp

Boeing is a leading aerospace company committed to innovation and collaboration. They are seeking a Senior Airplane Safety Engineer to support the 777X airplane program, focusing on safety, airworthiness, and regulatory certification activities in a highly regulated environment.

AerospaceIndustrial

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform, review, and approve airplane safety and airworthiness analyses in support of 777X certification and compliance

Develop and assess safety artifacts including safety assessments, compliance findings, and certification data

Ensure safety and airworthiness requirements are properly flowed, verified, validated, and integrated across airplane systems

Support FAA and other regulatory authority engagements, including data submittals, findings, and issue resolution

Ensure engineering products comply with applicable airworthiness regulations, certification plans, and safety requirements

Identify and address safety or compliance risks that could impact certification, operational approval, or continued airworthiness

Act as a safety integrator, identifying cross-system interfaces, dependencies, and emergent safety risks

Integrate safety, systems engineering, design engineering, and program considerations into cohesive compliance strategies

Lead cross-functional discussions to resolve complex, multi-discipline safety and airworthiness issues

Lead through influence across engineering, program, and certification stakeholders without formal authority

Provide clear technical recommendations and risk assessments to engineering and program leadership

Build trusted relationships with internal teams and external regulatory partners

Provide execution status, risk visibility, and certification readiness assessments to leadership

Support milestone readiness reviews and certification planning activities

Contribute to continuous improvement of safety and airworthiness engineering processes

Qualification

Airworthiness regulationsCertification processesSafety engineeringSystems engineeringCross-functional leadershipIndependent engineering judgmentRisk assessmentCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement

9+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Demonstrated ability to exercise independent engineering judgment

Proven ability to lead through influence in a cross-functional engineering environment

Preferred

4+ years of experience in airplane safety, airworthiness, certification engineering or airplane level engineering work statement

Experience supporting transport category airplane certification programs

Experience applying FAA airworthiness regulations and certification processes

Demonstrated system-level integration skills, including integrating safety requirements and compliance evidence across multiple airplane systems

Experience working across systems engineering, design engineering, and program organizations to resolve cross-discipline safety issues

Strong ability to identify interfaces, dependencies, and emergent safety risks across complex airplane architectures

Experience operating in high-visibility, safety-critical roles with regulatory and leadership exposure

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex, cross-disciplinary technical information for leadership and regulatory audiences