# Program Chief Engineer (Principle or Senior)

**Company**: The Boeing Company
**Location**: El Segundo, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $176,800 - $239,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

The Boeing Space & Mission Systems (SMS), Chief Engineering Department is seeking a Program Chief Engineer (Principle or Senior) to join our team in El Segundo, California.

This role plays a critical leadership role on a commercial satellite program assuring quality engineering in design, build, delivery, issue and risk management of space systems.

**Responsibilities:**

- Work across capabilities to ensure the skills needed to perform the design and build of complex space system programs

- Experience in program startup and baselining

- Experience in risk and issue management processes and execution

- Experience with customer interactions and program campaign engagement

- Experience in engineering trade processes and baseline control

- Experience working with program management and finance to ensure execution to program planning

- Experience working anomalies with root cause corrective action (RCCA) processes

- Experience with major suppliers on a program and management of their specifications and engineering deliveries

**Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience):**

- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement

- 10+ years of experience working with space-based systems engineering (requirements definition, allocation, functional analysis, architecture design, trade studies, integration, and verification)

**Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills / Experience):**

- Level 5: 14+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

- Level 6: 20+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

- Experience as a SEIT lead or Satellite Chief Engineer

- Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams

- Strong Communication, Adaptability, Decision Making, Customer Focus, Integrated Systems, Engineering Analysis, and Requirements/Tracing skillset

**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

**Pay Range:**

- Principle (Level 5): $176,800 - $239,200

- Senior (Level 6): $210,800 - $285,200

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## Skills

### Required
- space-based systems engineering
- requirements definition
- functional analysis
- architecture design
- trade studies
- integration
- verification

### Nice to have
- SEIT lead
- Satellite Chief Engineer
- multi-disciplinary engineering teams
- Communication
- Adaptability
- Decision Making
- Customer Focus
- Integrated Systems
- Engineering Analysis
- Requirements/Tracing

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