Mid-level Manufacturing Technology Analyst (Weld Specialist)

Job Description

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Join Boeing’s Artemis team — build on a legacy at Michoud, “America’s Rocket Factory”

Imagine your work directly enabling humanity’s return to the Moon and paving the way for deep space exploration. As a Methods Process Analyst on Boeing’s Artemis program, you’ll help design, refine, and sustain the manufacturing and production processes that turn visionary spacecraft concepts into flight‐ready hardware. Every process improvement you develop can reduce mission risk, accelerate delivery, and increase reliability for crewed lunar missions and beyond.

A proud heritage — Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF)

• Located in New Orleans East and operated in partnership with NASA, Michoud is often called “America’s Rocket Factory.” It combines one of the world’s largest industrial manufacturing buildings with heavy‐lift tooling, large‐format fabrication capability, and a decades‐long heritage of producing the large structures that enable human exploration.
• Key capabilities:
  • One of the largest manufacturing floors under one roof (roughly 43 acres) with expansive high bays, large cranes, and controlled clean areas for flight hardware.
  • Heavy‐lift tooling, large autoclaves, precision weld stations, and integrated assembly platforms uniquely suited to build launch vehicle stages, cryogenic tanks, habitats, and other very‐large structures.
  • Deep partnerships with NASA, primes, suppliers, and commercial customers that enable integrated production and vertical assembly of complex systems.

Programs Michoud has supported

• Apollo era — fabrication and assembly of large structural components and stages that enabled the Saturn family and the Moon landings.
• Skylab and early space station hardware — large pressurized and structural elements for orbital programs.
• Space Shuttle — primary production site for the Space Shuttle External Tank for all shuttle flights, demonstrating high‐volume, reliable large‐tank manufacturing.
• Constellation/Ares and Orion precursor work — facilities and tooling used for development and preparatory manufacturing of next‐generation crew systems.
• Space Launch System (SLS) & Artemis — production of SLS core stages and other large flight structures central to crewed lunar missions.
• Orion and crewed spacecraft structures — production and assembly supporting crew transport elements and mission‐critical hardware.
• Civil, commercial, and scientific payloads — large spacecraft structures, launch components, and ground systems for NOAA, civil agencies, and commercial partners.

Why Michoud matters for your work

• Institutional knowledge: Lessons learned from Apollo, Shuttle, and ongoing Artemis production flow directly into your process designs, helping you create robust, flight‐certifiable manufacturing processes.
• Unique scale: Michoud enables processes (welding, tooling, handling, large‐structure integration) that smaller sites cannot — giving Methods Process Analysts the chance to shape workflows used on the largest rockets and habitats humanity builds.
• Strategic impact: Your process improvements help preserve and evolve America’s capability to produce the big, complex hardware required for sustainable lunar and deep space exploration.

Exciting projects you may support

• Artemis crewed missions and Orion integration for safe lunar transport.
• Robotic assembly, autonomous tooling, and advanced manufacturing for on‐ and off‐planet operations.
• Preparatory manufacturing workstreams that feed forward into Mars and deep space architectures.

Why this role is exciting

• Make a measurable impact: Shape forecasts, capacity plans, and master schedules that directly influence mission readiness and crew safety.
• Be the technical expert: Own Business System factory definitions, labor hour estimates, and integrated shop plans that enable precision manufacturing.
• Solve high‐value problems: Rapidly assess unplanned events, quantify impacts to cost/schedule/resources, and recommend pragmatic mitigations.
• Drive continuous improvement: Apply Lean/Six Sigma and model‐based approaches to boost throughput, reduce waste, and elevate performance.
• Collaborate across disciplines: Work with engineering, production, tooling, mission assurance, suppliers, and NASA partners to align plans and deliver results.
• Grow your career: Gain exposure to advanced planning tools, systems engineering practices, and mission‐critical programs with progression opportunities across Levels 2–4.

Who we’re looking for Proactive, analytical professionals with curiosity, excellent communication skills, and a passion for improving how complex systems are delivered. If you enjoy translating data into actionable plans and influencing outcomes through technical expertise, you’ll thrive in this role.

Join us at America’s Rocket Factory and play a critical role in building resilient, efficient manufacturing operations that enable historic space missions—and help define what comes next in human exploration.

Job Description

The Boeing Company is seeking a Mid-level Manufacturing Technology Analyst (Weld Specialist) to join the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) organization at Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), in New Orleans, LA.

The candidate must have experience in Orbital Tube Weld applications and associated equipment/tooling along with experience working with GTAW, fusion weld and friction stir weld systems. Candidate will work on the factory floor throughout all stages of production to ensure successful build and of the core stage/EUS assemblies. Specific role will include operational equipment identification and oversee execution of orbital tube weld activities by factory operation personnel.

The candidate should have knowledge in applications and associated equipment/tooling along with some practical experience working with orbital tube weld systems and equipment. Candidate will work on the factory floor throughout all stages of production to ensure successful build of the core stage assemblies.

Position Responsibilities:

• Oversee of operations and execution of orbital tube weld applications and associated equipment
• Candidate must have the ability to resolve complex technical problems
• Help organize technical aspects of manufacturing development
• Develops and authors new fabrication principles as necessary, theories and advanced technologies related to orbital tube weld
• Develops advanced manufacturing solutions
• Conducts research resulting in new product or business opportunities
• Consults on lean principles and technologies for enterprise wide initiatives
• Documents and communicates producibility best practices.
• Identifies training needs

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 5+ years of experience in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience) :

• Experience with friction stir weld equipment
• 5+ years of experience with orbital tube welding

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.

NASA Access:

This position requires the ability to obtain access to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) facility.

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 several 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: $97,750 - $132,250

Applications for this position will be accepted until Sept. 13, 2025

Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Equal Opportunity Employer:

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.