Boeing - Defense Careers HQ

Business Summary: Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and is a leading global defense contractor. A brief summary of each of Boeing’s main business units (BU) is provided to give you insight into what a career with Boeing could allow you to do.

Boeing Commercial Aviation includes the development, sales and support for many of the worlds leading commercial aircraft to include the Boeing 737, 767, 777, 787, Freighters, and Business Jets to name a few. If a career in designing, building, supporting commercial aircraft sounds exciting to you then check out Boeing Commercial Aviation.

Boeing Defense builds, delivers and supports a broad spectrum of military equipment and provides industry leading support services. Their portfolio includes the famous B-52 bomber, AH 64 Apache helicopter, C-17 Globemaster, KC-46A Tanker, CH-47 Chinook, F/A 18 Super Hornet, F-15 Eagle, V-22 Osprey, Unmanned Little Bird H-6U, Directed Energy Weapons (lasers), Minuteman ICBMs, Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), Intelligence Systems and defense services. If you used or were supported by any of these systems or are interested in being a part of the Boeing team that provides these systems and services then check out the careers available in the Boeing Defense business unit.

Boeing Space Over the past 50 years, Boeing an its heritage companies have been integral in every major US space endeavor. Boeing engineers and personnel support the International Space Station, the NASA Space Launch System, the Phantom Express autonomous space plane, and the CST-100 Starliner next generation space capsule. Likewise, they build and deploy multiple military and commercial satellites such as Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS), Intelsat, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) to name a few. If the thought of working on the current and the next generation space capabilities stirs a passion in you then you should explore a career opportunities in Boeing Space.

Boeing Global Services focuses on providing innovative services in engineering and aircraft maintenance, supply chain logistics, training support and data analytics to both commercial and government customers. Global Services missions include military aircraft modernization activities to integrate new and advanced technologies into existing aircraft to ensure mission readiness. Boeing’s supply chain logistics services implement Boeing’s total lifecycle logistics management approach which brings efficiencies, cost savings and increased combat capabilities in everything from parts and repairs to delivery and analysis. Boeing’s Training support services delivers mission-ready aircrew and maintenance training solutions on all types of aircraft — rotorcraft, fixed-wing and space. With Boeing Analytics, engineers and analysts apply scientific processes to data and then couple it with aerospace expertise to deliver intelligent solutions which drive mission readiness, maintenance optimization and adaptive learning. If working in any of these areas sounds interesting to you then check out the career opportunities available to you in Boeing Global Services.

CEO: Boeing is led by Dennis Muilenburg

Employees: 145,000

Locations: Employees are located across the United States and in more than 65 countries

Headquarters: Boeing Corporation, 100 North Riverside, Chicago, Illinois 60606

Purpose and Mission: Connect, Protect, Explore and Inspire the World through Aerospace Innovation
Enduring Values: Integrity, Quality, Safety, Diversity & Inclusion, Trust & Respect, Corporate Citizenship, Stakeholder Success

Careers Page

Boeing has an overall clean and easy to navigate website design. Their career page allows you to browse by the following career areas; Business, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Information Technology and Manufacturing. Once you select a category you are presented an opportunity to immediately search for a job or drill into sub categories to learn more about them. They break out their jobs into College and Entry Level, Experienced Professional.

Veterans Resources

Boeing has a dedicated Veterans page that has a Military Skill Translator that summarizes Boeing jobs as they relate to military jobs and skills. In addition to the Military Skill translator the page encourages veteran visitors to join their Veteran Specific Talent Network and provides tips for joining the Boeing team. The page also has statistics about their support of veterans and veteran organizations. For example, the site states Boeing veterans represent 15% of their workforce and that they have hired more than 7,800 veterans since 2011. Likewise the page has links to Boeing veteran employee profiles and several videos highlighting Boeing’s support for veterans. If you are a veteran or transitioning military member I encourage you to use Boeing’s veteran resources and to check out their job opportunities.

Talent Network

The Boeing Talent Network allows members to apply to jobs and receive job alert updates. To join the Boeing Talent network you will need to be prepared to provide the following information; First Name , Last Name, Email., Phone Number, Preferred Locations, Area(s) of Interest, Branch of Service, Military Job Title and MOS/AFSC, Most Recent Rank, Anticipated Date of Separation, Active Security Clearance, Name of the Employee who Referred You, request to upload your Resume. After you join the Talent Network you can provide Education and Certifications information, Employment History, and Career Preferences.

The system allows you to post multiple resume’s and cover letters tailored to each job applied to. While it takes time to tailor your resume and cover letter for each job, I highly recommend you do this. The site also allows you to save jobs for posting to later. I recommend joining the Talent Network and Military Connect to aid in your job search.