Boeing opens new engineering, and technology center in Brazil

Boeing recently announced the launch of its Engineering and Technologies Centre in Brazil, one of 15 Boeing engineering facilities worldwide that create cutting-edge technologies to fuel aerospace innovation.

The engineering centre is an expansion of Boeing’s strategic investments in Brazil and is based in So José dos Campos (SP), where the business started operations in 2014. There, it employs roughly 500 engineers to support ongoing and upcoming programmes.

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At an event with employees and key stakeholders, Boeing shared several new strategic investments in the country. Among them, Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the state of São Paulo focused on aerospace technological development including:

• Support for education focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
• Promoting a joint agenda of industrialization and innovation
• Enhancing and strengthening the talent pipeline throughout Brazil’s aerospace ecosystem, with an emphasis on increasing diversity

Boeing and the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) have announced funding for the third phase of the SAFMaps database, which will help determine the viability of the most promising inputs for SAF manufacture in particular regions of Brazil.

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Additionally, Boeing unveiled its first internship program for Brazilian engineering students in their final year of study. Under the guidance of seasoned professionals, interns will apply their expertise through projects in a multicultural and international setting. The programme fits with the company’s global aim to support technical excellence in the nations where it conducts operations.

For years Boeing has actively collaborated to strengthen Brazil’s aerospace ecosystem in various areas including:

• Secured more than 30 invention disclosures and patent applications since its establishment in the country in 2012
• Investing more than $5 million dollars in partnerships with institutions focused on STEM education, impacting five million students and training thousands of teachers
• In the area of sustainability, working for more than a decade in collaboration with universities, public institutions and non-governmental organizations to enable decarbonization of the aerospace sector
• Focusing especially on SAF and recognizing the pioneering role and expertise of the country in biofuels
• Investing $2 million dollars in initiatives that maximize social, economic, and environmental benefits for communities involved in development of raw materials for SAF
• Working alongside National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and Department of Airspace Control (DECEA) on operational safety projects