F-15 Japan Sustainment Engineer – Nagoya, Japan (Early career level)

Job Description

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Boeing Global Services (BGS) has an exciting opportunity for a talented and highly motivated engineer to join The Air Force Fighter & Strike Sustainment Engineering team in Nagoya, Japan as a Sustainment Engineer for the F-15 Japan program.  This position will serve as an on-site technical interface to MHI, supporting the F-15 Japan Super Interceptor upgrade program, working closely with the F-15 Japan BGS Lead Engineer in St. Louis. This position will have direct technical interface with BDS counterparts, Program Management, and suppliers.

This challenging position is critical to the sustainment and success of the F-15 Japan platform. This is a great opportunity to obtain a critical role on an incredible program that is modernizing the historic F-15 into a modern war-fighting machine.

Position Responsibilities:

• Support BGS engineering team and provide technical input to work products, including SOW and proposal development, change incorporation, and obsolescence
• Support F-15JSI issues as an on-site Boeing presence at MHI, providing technical interface between MHI and BGS engineering, Program Management, BDS, and the supplier.
• Change document and Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) development in support of fleet issue corrections, repairs, and product improvement redesigns.
• Coordinate retrofit plans, schedules, and upgrade requirements with multiple Boeing Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) such as design, strength, fatigue, hydraulics, flutter, and retrofit.  
• Ensure the technical correctness of offered solutions
• Perform timely root cause corrective action (RCCA) for engineering issues to improve first time quality

Citizenship:

Due to US Export requirements Japanese and/or US citizenship is required.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Fluent in English and Japanese
• Bachelors in engineering, math, science, chemistry

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience with technical oversight of suppliers
• Experience supporting military aircraft modifications
• Experience developing specifications, statements of work, and proposal estimates
• Experience coordinating with end user customers and suppliers
• Experience in aerospace industry

Location:

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at Boeing Nagoya office (supplier's office)

Relocation:

Domestic Relocation assistance is a negotiable benefit for this position. (With some limitation)
Employer is NOT willing to sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Other Job-related Information:

This requisition is for a locally hired position. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and not on Boeing US-based payroll.

Other details will be communicated at the interview, or in selection process.

Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 14, 2025

Language Requirements

Japanese Preferred

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

Not a Shift Worker (Japan)

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are proud members of the Valuable 500 and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

Experience Level
Individual Contributor
Contingent Upon Program Award
No, this position is not contingent upon program award

Schedule
Full time

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.