Engineer- Structures

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Description Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion, with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward. Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups. Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together. At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team includes aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that help keep them well cared for and ready to get our customers to their desired destinations. If you’re ready to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape. Job overview and Key Responsibilities: As an Engineer – Structures, you will provide engineering support for aircraft structures, maintenance programs, repairs, modifications, and operational engineering functions across United's fleet. This role evaluates aircraft structural integrity, design configurations, maintenance requirements, performance, and repair solutions to ensure safe, reliable, and regulatory-compliant operations. The Engineer applies analytical and problem-solving skills to assess structural issues, develop engineering recommendations, evaluate aircraft configurations, and support fleet maintenance and modification programs. Responsibilities include conducting technical evaluations, investigating failures, assessing operational and financial impacts, and developing solutions that optimize aircraft reliability and asset utilization. The role collaborates with internal teams, aircraft manufacturers, suppliers, and other stakeholders to resolve technical issues and support continued airworthiness. Assignments may span multiple engineering departments based on business needs. Key Responsibilities: · Review Service Bulletins (SBs), Airworthiness Directives (ADs), and other manufacturer technical documentation to determine applicability, effectivity, and potential impact across United's fleet. · Perform engineering evaluations of aircraft structural issues, damage assessments, repairs, and modifications to develop appropriate technical solutions. · Interpret aircraft drawings, engineering specifications, Structural Repair Manuals (SRMs), Aircraft Maintenance Manuals (AMMs), and other technical documentation to support engineering decisions. · Support troubleshooting, root cause investigations, and failure analysis to identify corrective actions and improve aircraft reliability. · Develop engineering solutions, implementation plans, project justifications, and cost-benefit analyses. Support project execution, including coordination of required FAA approvals and warranty recovery opportunities. · Establish and manage priorities for assigned projects, ensuring timely completion of deliverables supporting line and base maintenance, maintenance program changes, and technical specification revisions. · Collaborate with cross-functional operational teams, aircraft manufacturers, suppliers, and other stakeholders to ensure continued airworthiness, safety, regulatory compliance, operational reliability, and efficiency. · Evaluate engineering recommendations and repair solutions to assess operational, financial, and maintenance impacts. NOTE: This position is based at the CSC – Willis Tower in Chicago, IL. This position follows a hybrid work schedule with an expectation of three days onsite per week. Qualifications What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

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The base pay range for this role is $83,695.00 to $109,004.00. The base salary range/hourly rate listed is d