
Senior C-17 Project Engineer
Long Beach, CAFull-time$146–198K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Boeing Global Services seeks a Senior C-17 Project Engineer for its Digital Engineering Services team in Long Beach, California. The selected candidate will serve as the project point of contact for the C-17 USAF customer and DES team on Aircraft Data Reasoner Data Analytics Services. The role leads engineering change proposal activity and coordinates project execution, resources, deliverables, performance tracking, and customer relationships.
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Senior C-17 Project Engineer
Company: The Boeing Company
Boeing Global Services (BGS) C-17 Globemaster III is seeking a Senior C-17 Project Engineer with the Digital Engineering Services (DES) Team in Long Beach, California. The selected candidate will be the project’s point of contact to the C-17 USAF customer and DES team for the C-17 Aircraft Data Reasoner Data Analytics Services.
Position Responsibilities:
- Leads Engineering Change Proposal activity from RFP (Request from Proposal) and proposal development, through execution and contract delivery closeout
- Coordinates with technical leads, other program product teams, suppliers, etc. as appropriate to ensure proposal and project statement of work are executed on time
- Identifies and maintains day-to-day oversight of cost, schedule, and performance metrics and reporting to leadership
- Maintains working-level customer relationships
- Manages and ensures deliverables are submitted on time
- Plans, identifies, and coordinates resources required over the life of the project or program
- Defines plans for risk mitigation and opportunit
- Compares actual results to baseline plan to assess project performance, efficiencies, productivity and lessons learned
- Provides technical, business and integration for the development and execution of projector team plan
- Organize and lead cross-functional meetings to investigate emerging engineering issues, drive forward progress, develop mitigation and implementation plans, and track performance and execution
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
- 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
- 5+ years of experience working in an Engineering environment
- 5+ years of experience in the implementation and use of Project Management Best Practices (PMBP) along with processes and methods
- 5+ years of experience tracking cost, schedule and/or technical performance
- 5+ years of experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with senior management, customers, stakeholders, peers, and partners
- Willing and able to travel 10% of the time domestically and internationally
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
- Active Security Clearance
- 5+ years of experience leading teams or projects formally or informally
- Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Strong verbal and written communications skills to facilitate communications across the multi-disciplined technical teams, BCA and BDS organizations, and external customers
- Experience in the preparation and delivery of briefings to Boeing and external customers
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications with emphasis on Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
- Experience evaluating supplier bids, coordinating supplier deliveries, trouble-shooting supplier performance issues
- Experience with international export
- Experience working on proposals or cost estimates
- Experience with one or more of the following: Siemens NX, NX Teamcenter, CATIA, AUTOCAD Electrical, Visual Studio, Labview, C, C++, C#, GIT, Team Foundation Server, and Boeing Software Factory
Conflict of Interest: Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
Drug Free Workplace: Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
Pay & Benefits: At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range: $146,200 - $197,800
Language Requirements: Not Applicable
Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
Relocation: Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
Export Control Requirement: This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Safety Sensitive: This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.
Security Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
Visa Sponsorship: Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Contingent Upon Award Program This position is not contingent upon program award
Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)
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How this job compares
Set against the 5,190 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$146–198K/yr
- California median$106–152K/yr324 salary ranges
- US median$96–144K/yr2,756 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $172K, is 32% above the California median midpoint ($131K) — in the top quarter of Project Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 408 open Project Engineer jobs in California and 5,190 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,018 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,168 of the 5,190 open Project Engineer jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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