Senior Engineer

$84,450 - $123,860/Yr

United Airlines - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Francisco, CA

Air Transportation

About the position

There's never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We're on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose - Connecting People, Uniting the World - is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we're growing - in the years ahead, we'll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world? At United, we fly into airports around the entire world. And we need a whole team of people to keep things running in tip-top shape! From the exceptional service at the check-in counter to the departure gate, and even behind the scenes making sure your checked bags arrive with you, our Airport Operations team keeps operations at our airports running smoothly every single day.

Responsibilities

• Studies, analyzes, and seeks solutions to problems related to the design, operation, maintenance, performance, modification, or repair of aircraft and their components.
• Uses a structured, logical, and analytical approach in problem solving.
• Defines maintenance program, configuration, and serviceability criteria ensuring safe and legal operations.
• Analyzes and implements regulatory requirements.
• Evaluates the effects of modifications or new equipment on reliability and performance.
• Evaluates the benefits of the cost impact of a fleet decision to ensure an optimum balance of cost, asset utilization, quality, and reliability.
• Authors, designs, tests, and manages projects.
• Provides on-site technical support for line and base operations.
• Communicates with customers on technical issues, work scope recommendations, and failure investigations.
• Interfaces with internal and external organizations regarding specific aircraft and component issues.
• Develops potentially complex solutions and implementation plans, project justification, cost/benefit analysis, management of project implementation, technical support, and obtaining FAA approvals as required.
• Coordinates work with other operational groups to ensure airworthiness, safety, regulatory compliance, operational reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Organizes and manages the priorities for assigned responsibilities and accomplishes the work processes to meet all the deliverables for projects or maintenance program changes/technical specification revisions.

Requirements

• B.S. Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace), related technical field or equivalent relative work experience.
• Minimum of 2-4 years at an engineer level or similar role elsewhere in the industry.
• Working knowledge of airline or OEM operations.
• Knowledge of Code of Regulations (CFRs), airworthiness design and substantiation criteria, aircraft and equipment design and operational characteristics.
• Ability to interpret complex and technical Engineering and OEM documents.
• Highly detailed level project development and management for regulatory compliance modifications, and overall ownership of specific systems.
• Effective communication skills.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship.
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position.

Nice-to-haves

• Work within specific ATA Airline Systems Chapters.
• Airline or Industry experience with general ATA Chapters which could encompass, aircraft systems, structures, power plant and avionics disciplines.
• Electrical Load Analysis (ELA) experience at an airline.
• Specific ATA 24 chapter Systems related experience.

Benefits

• Parental leave
• 401k
• Space available travel privileges