Description
Join Boeing Defense, Space & Security's elite Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems team in Huntsville, AL as our next Senior Production Engineering Manager!
Step into a pivotal leadership role driving innovation and excellence in the heart of our cutting-edge Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) portfolio. You'll spearhead production engineering efforts for the renowned Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) program, leading a high-energy team dedicated to advancing production rate readiness and operational success.
As a Senior Production Engineering Manager at Boeing, you'll be at the forefront,championing continuous improvement, guiding diverse teams, and influencing key outcomes with precision communication and a visionary mindset.
Position Responsibilities:
- Lead production engineering (PE) ensuring execution of SOW aligned to quality, safety, cost & delivery objectives
- Provide oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes to ensure alignment with business plans and goals
- Drive continuous improvement strategies embedded within the organizational culture to advance LEAN across the value stream
- Show a proactive and patient personality with a willingness to listen, coach, and lead the team with clear direction
- Communicate clearly at all levels, adjusting for the audience
- Bring creative solutions and plans to solve problems, bringing engineering excellence aligned to program priorities
- Lead execution of ‘start right’ production engineering, support gate reviews, proposal reviews, business capture, and future factory activities
- Manage workforce talent ensuring teams are staffed with the skills needed
- Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/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
- 7+ years of experience in aerospace, automotive, robotics, or similar industry
- 7+ years of experience in Production Engineering, Structures Design and/or Analytical Engineering or a combination of these experiences
- 7+ years of experience managing people, programs, and budgets
- 3+ years of experience in engineering senior management
- Experience leading or managing large or complex teams of managers and/or non-management employees
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
- Experience working & collaborating with a cross-functional team of touch labor, engineers, and managers
- Proficiency with MESci, Aurora precedence networking tool, Model Based Work Instructions (MBI) development
- Experience with high-rate production systems and demonstrated successful major rate increases
- Experience implementing process controls for error-proofing (poka-yoke, no fault forward) within high-rate production systems
- Understanding of electro-mechanical assembly production, calibration, and test
- Understanding of circuit card assembly (CCA) production and test
- Experience in collaborating and working with union members
- Experience with constraint-based schedule development and maintenance
- Bachelor of Engineering Degree with production engineering experience, knowledge of factory operations, manufacturing capabilities (e.g., composites, structures), and data needed for defining delivery configurations
- Ability to create an environment of inclusion, transparency, and trust, executing with strong values
- Proactively and quickly makes sense of complex issues and responding effectively to complex and ambiguous situations
- Strong communication skills, with ability to communicate verbally and present clearly at all levels, adjusting for the audience
- Familiarity with One Boeing Production System (One-BPS)
- Domain knowledge in production engineering best practices
- Domain knowledge leading Model Based Engineering (MBE), Design for Assembly (DFA), Designing for Manufacturing (DFM), and Design for Affordability (DFA)
- Demonstrated skills in Risk Management and Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) efforts
- Cost Account Management using Boeing processes and procedures, including Earned Value Management (EVM)
Benefits:
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs
- Paid and unpaid time away from work
Requirements:
- US Citizenship required for US Security Clearance
- Interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required