Software Engineering Manager, Vertical Lift

The Boeing Company is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to join our Vertical Lift software team located in Ridley Park, PA. As a Software Engineering Manager at Boeing, you will lead and support a diverse team of software development engineers. This is a unique opportunity to manage full lifecycle software development for the most sophisticated military and commercial platforms in the world.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead software engineers through the full lifecycle of software development, from modeling and simulation to testing and analysis
• Recruit, hire, mentor, and manage teams of software developers, fostering their career growth and building a strong team culture based on inclusion, innovation, and respect
• Demonstrate a commitment to the mission and motivate the team to achieve common objectives through effective teamwork
• Collaborate with customers and other leaders to clearly define expectations and deliver exceptional solutions
• Drive innovation by looking beyond current practices and utilizing creative thinking to discover new opportunities and solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to inform and implement the company's technology strategy, with a special focus on execution and timely delivery
• Manage employees performing engineering and technical activities in Software Engineering
• Develop and execute project and process plans, implement policies and procedures, and set operational goals
• Acquire resources for projects and processes, provide technical management of suppliers, and lead process improvements
• Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports
• Provide oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes
• Lead and support Proposals, Requests for Information/Proposal, including both Technical and Non-Technical writing and estimating
• Manage projects including baselining, execution and control account management

This position requires project, people, and technical leadership; customer engagement; participation in design reviews; conducting employee development and employee reviews; as well as cost account management of team budgets and schedules. The position will require management of resources and priorities across multiple software development and IR&D projects.

Basic Qualifications:

• Candidates must have at least one year of experience in a leadership role (team leader, temp manager, large scale cross functional project/program management, or formal manager experience) OR have completed the Boeing internal course “Exploring Leadership.”
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance or higher for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. citizenship
• 5+ years’ experience in Software Engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
• Advanced degree in engineering, AI, data science, or related field
• Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance or higher for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. citizenship
• Experience in software product life cycles specific to aviation and aerospace systems, from proposal through fielding
• Familiarity with DO-178 software certification methodology
• Previous experience with US DOD software development is a plus
• Broad technical experience in programming languages, development environments, operating systems, validation, and verification, and in emerging technology and engineering standards
• Experience in project execution and earned value management techniques

Benefits:

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
• Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work