Description
The Boeing Company is seeking a highly motivated Hardware Engineering Manager to lead the development and sustainment of Special Test Equipment (STE) in El Segundo, CA, supporting Boeing Test & Evaluation (BT&E) Space Mission Systems (SMS) programs.
As the Hardware Engineering Manager, this leader will be responsible for employee development, team building, workforce planning, engineering execution, and continuous process improvement. The manager will partner with senior managers, senior engineers, program leadership, and cross-functional organizations to deliver high-quality test systems on schedule and within budget while improving first-time quality and reducing rework.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of electrical, electronics, RF, mechanical, and power system engineers
- Provide technical direction and ensure disciplined execution of hardware development activities
- Plan staffing, assign work, and balance engineering resources across concurrent program efforts
- Establish and maintain engineering processes, standards, and best practices
- Support senior technical leaders and senior managers throughout the hardware development lifecycles
- Review technical proposals, designs, analyses, test plans, and engineering documentation
- Promote robust design practices
- Coordinate cross-functional technical decisions
- Support hiring, workforce planning, performance management, and succession planning
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence, inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Communicate status, risks, opportunities, issues and recommendations clearly to senior leadership and program stakeholders
- Ensure compliance with applicable company procedures, industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer commitments
Success measures:
- Strong employee engagement, retention, and professional development
- Measurable improvements in engineering processes, productivity, product/technical quality
- Reduction in engineering rework and nonconformances
- Successful completion of design reviews, verification activities, and production transitions
- Clear identification and mitigation of technical and program risks
- Consistent compliance with engineering processes, quality requirements, and customer expectations
- Strong stakeholder satisfaction and clear alignment between engineering outputs and business objectives
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications
- At least one year of experience in a leadership role
- 3+ years of experience with radio frequency (RF), modems, wireless, and advanced communications systems
- 3+ years of experience with bus and payload systems, power engineering, or Special Test Equipment (STEs)
- 3+ years of experience working with test systems development projects for satellite or space-based communication programs
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, test, program office, and support organizations
Preferred Qualifications:
- Active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance
- 5+ years of experience as a Lead Hardware Engineer and/or in a leadership role
- Experience leading a multidisciplinary hardware engineering team
- Experience leading or supporting the development of test systems, STEs, for aerospace
- Experience with Project Management in the aerospace industry
Benefits:
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs
Pay Range: $151,300 - $204,700