Description :
Location
Seattle, WA
Virtual Office/Telecommute?
[link removed] (Things you should know about Virtual Office)
Virtual Work Not Available
Shift
Revolving
Business Unit
Commercial Airplanes
Division
Bca Engineering
Program
Vp -Flight Operations
Occupation Title
Test & Evaluation Engineering
Skills Management Title
Flight/Mission/System Test
Job Classification
6L9BP4
Job Type
Non-Management
Experience Level
Senior Level (15+ years of experience)
Exemption Status
Exempt
Union
Yes
Security Clearance Required?
[link removed] (Security Clearance definitions)
No Security Clearance Required
Work Eligibility Required?
Yes
US Person Status Required?
Yes
Export Control Required?
Yes
Relocation Money Available?
Yes
Date Posted
06/04/2008
Closing Date
[link removed] (Things you should know about closing dates)
09/02/2008
Position Description
Develops and documents standardized test methods and processes to ensure repeatability and productivity. Leads the development of test procedures. Applies lessons learned to the improvement of test procedures. Designs calibration system/test fixtures. Develops data processing tools and algorithms. Generates calibration procedures and software. Guides others in the design of test hardware, software and systems to achieve test requirements. Oversees debriefing of the test team. Leads the analysis, processing and formatting of data to customer requirements. Approves test data prior to delivery to customer. Formulates expectations for test data based on historical data. Performs functions as required to ensure calibration system readiness and data validity. Trains others. Works under minimal direction.
Competencies
General/Leadership
[ + ] Collaboration
Consistently works effectively and cooperatively with team members and fellow project team leaders, other employees and external customers. Establishes and maintains good working relationships by actively involving less experienced employees and/or other project team leaders and external customers and helping them feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions. Places higher priority on team and organization goals than on own goals. Offers to provide assistance and/or project team leadership to other teams and/or employees when doing so would benefit the organization.
[ + ] Decision Making
Consistently recognizes a wide range of complex, specialized issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed. Steadily identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities. Regularly integrates complex information from a wide variety of sources; detects complex trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships. Consistently creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes. Formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. Consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time. Regularly includes fellow project leads, employees across the organization, and external customers in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.
[ + ] Innovation
Consistently identifies implicit assumptions in the way complex problems or situations are defined or presented. Sees alternative ways to view or define problems; is not constrained by the thoughts or approaches of other project leads, internal employees or external customers. Consistently draws upon multiple and diverse sources (individuals, disciplines, bodies of knowledge) for ideas and inspiration. Combines ideas in unique ways or makes connections between disparate ideas; explores different lines of thought; views situations from multiple perspectives; brainstorms multiple approaches/solutions. Examines numerous potential solutions and evaluates each before accepting any. Targets important areas for innovation and develops solutions that address meaningful issues in own work areas and thought the organization.
[ + ] Project Management
Extensive experience in creating comprehensive multi-tiered project schedules for significant Business Unit projects; identifies time frames for key project milestones and ensure alignment of sub tier activities for overall project visibility, tracking and completion. Directs and manages very complex project schedules requiring interfacing with multi regional or international activities. Independently identifies project resource requirements, integrate and direct multi project elements into a single collective overall project plan. Collaborates with others on the most complex projects assigned. Ability to direct, delegate and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of the overall large scale and complex projects. Identifies and resolves any issues and provide solutions and or recommendations to ensure the successful completion of the project.
Technical
[ + ] Federal Aviation Reg
Extensive and specialized knowledge of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Parts 21, 25, 43, 65, 91, 119, 121, and 145 on the maintenance, certification, repair, and operation of aircraft to ensure compliance in concept and design.
[ + ] Flight Crew Environment
Extensive, specialized knowledge of aircraft flight crew operations, flight deck design philosophy, flight deck/pilot interface, and customer requirements. Knowledge of how the customer flight crews operate aircraft during day to day operations, including typical airline/military flight operations and all normal and non-normal operating procedures and checklists. Extensive, specialized knowledge of the Air Traffic Control environment and how aircraft are routed through the air traffic environment.
[ + ] Flight Test Reporting
Advanced ability to document flight test and communicate the data clearly to the appropriate audience verbally or through technical reports.
[ + ] Flight Test
Complete knowledge of and ability to work within flight test requirements, environment (e.g., Air Traffic Control, Air Space, Duty Day and flight test team) and coordination procedures. Able to integrate operations in a flight test environment.
[ + ] Test Conduct
Extensive and specialized ability to lead a team to conduct a test, compilation of test sequence, monitor progress of the test, and record test activities while being able to accommodate any unforeseen events that occur during the test.
[ + ] Test Configuration Control
Extensive and specialized knowledge of test article/vehicle configuration control procedure required to prepare for a given test. This requires the use of configuration control management process to track and maintain article/vehicle configuration. Extensive and specialized ability to configure the test article using test requirements gathered from test plans, government regulations, and safety rules.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry and typically 9 to 13 years experience in an engineering classification or either a Master's degree with 7 to 11 years experience or a PhD degree with 4 to 8 years experience in an engineering classification. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
Other Job related information
This is senior position to support the 787 and 747-8 Flight Test Program. A degree in Mechanical or Electrical or Aero engineering is required.10 years work experience is desired. The assignment will involve flying on the test airplanes, shift work and travel to remote test locations. The tasks will include test planning, conduct, data analysis, reporting, airplane test configuration management and coordination with other engineers.