Yoslin Herrera | Engineering Intern
Boeing Business Unit: Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Location: Puget Sound, Washington
University: TBD
Degree Program: TBD
What about Boeing’s mission and the work we do inspires you?
Boeing’s value in connecting the world through aerospace innovation is especially inspiring. On the grand stage, Boeing creates products that connect all of us. It’s Boeing’s aircrafts that have for generations brought people together, whether by connecting families and friends through flight or by inspiring young minds that our journey in aerospace has only just begun. It’s inspiring and an honor to be a part of a company that’s working to push the boundaries of aerospace.
What internship do you participate in – Business, Engineering or IT & Data Science Analytics?
I was an engineering intern.
What Boeing product(s) or service(s) do you work on?
I worked in Core ECS (Environmental Control Systems) in Low Pressure Analysis and worked on analysis for the Fwd EE Cooling on the 777-9.
What’s been the most rewarding project you’ve worked on as a Boeing intern? What did you do specifically on that project?
I worked on the corporate MBE (model-based engineering) initiative. The models I constructed during my internship will be used to evaluate our current modeling techniques and show us how to improve the bidirectional flow from digital and physical systems. It was rewarding to not only learn the software that Boeing uses and the overall procedures involved with the development of aircraft, but to further see Boeing making strides to include modern technology, techniques and software. Their efforts to remain innovative despite the corporate bureaucracy is refreshing to see as an early career engineer.
How will your internship experience at Boeing influence your future career?
I hope to return to Boeing full time in summer 2020. Moving forward from my internship, I found the most valuable takeaway to be the push to embody the Boeing Behaviors and to actively try to live One Boeing. Collectively I learned the importance of holistic engineering and how rewarding it can be to collaborate across various disciplines and business units. Stepping aside and analyzing the big picture can help you better understand your individual role and how you can help others through your own efforts. Furthermore, the Boeing Behaviors remind you to do your best work. These are traits that will help you outside of your work environment. Going back to my final year, I’ll be able to apply the behaviors to my academic work. I will continue to be a leader, listener, champion, collaborator and innovator, and I will feel empowered to be excellent in all things I do.
How do you think we are pushing the limits of aerospace technology?
Boeing is embracing new technology and remaining in touch with the research and development of new materials and processes. The company pushes to innovate with everything it does. Take the 787, for example. This wonder of an aircraft was a large-scale collaboration with numerous suppliers worldwide. It was the first airliner with an airframe constructed primarily of composite material and featured electrical flight systems, raked wingtips and noise-reducing chevrons. Boeing continues to push the limits, and its engineers are eager to create the next generation of aerospace technology.
Describe 1-2 things you’ve learned as an intern that you wouldn’t have learned from your coursework.
I learned holistic engineering. While my coursework has encouraged collaboration through team projects and senior design projects, working at Boeing allows you to see holistic engineering in practice. You are able to experience and be a part of supplier negotiations, troubleshoot challenges and see your individual role in the greater goal. You are able to see all the pieces come together, from customer priorities and needs to the engineering and business units.
What’s something you wish you had known before you started your internship?
Funny enough, I wish I had known more about planes. You think you know everything about commercial aircraft until you actually start dealing with the small bolts and ducting that goes into them. It’s incredible everything that goes into building just one of these airplanes! As a passenger, you don’t think about how the electronics are being cooled or how the AC is being powered while everyone is loading into the aircraft. Your top concern as a passenger might be how to get more air flowing from your air vent or how you wish your seat could lean back just one more inch. On the other hand, the second you step foot into the factory you realize the immense amount of effort, knowledge and skill it takes to make an aircraft come to life. It’s overwhelming and inspiring at the same time. You’ll never fly the same! The next time you step onto an aircraft you’ll start to notice the small intricacies that make that aircraft unique.
It wasn’t until I was looking at the system that I realized how intricate they really are, how we heat the doors, how we cool the electronics, how we circulate air and how everything – I mean everything – is connected and accounted for in every aircraft. So, I wish I had known more about airplanes. But it’s also been one of my favorite things to learn about during my time here at Boeing.
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