About The Position

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a highly motivated EA-18G Mission Systems Manager to become part of the F-18 Mission Systems team in Berkeley, Missouri. This position will be in the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business organization. The candidate will enable the EA-18G (Growler aircraft) portion of the F-18 Mission Systems organization to continue to expand its business base and will participate in advancing fighter aircraft technology by leading an Engineering team. The team performs research into advanced concepts and prototypes for various communication, sensor, electronic warfare and other electromagnetic systems and components. The team is also responsible for developing system/subsystem requirements, participating with Software engineers with real-time Operational Flight Program (OFP) development, subsystem/system testing, and evaluating system performance in Flight Test. Simulation and modeling is utilized to assist in requirements development, software development and offsets some Flight Test verification. This position will also oversee the execution of specific subsystem development and work closely with USN/DCMA customers and suppliers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
  • 9+ years of work-related experience with a bachelor’s or 7+ years of work-related experience with Masters or 4+ years with a PhD
  • 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.”
  • 7+ years of technical or engineering experience
  • 2+ years of experience in avionics, electrical and/or Mission Systems
  • Successfully completed Tier 5 Investigation (T5), formerly known as a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) by the federal government within the last 5 years, or requires candidate to have been enrolled in a Continuous Vetting program within the last 5 years
  • Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active). A final Secret Clearance Pre-Start is required.

Nice To Haves

  • With the above Bachelor degree, also have an MBA or equivalent degree
  • Strong collaboration and coordination skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience delivering presentations
  • Experience with Earned Value Management
  • Engineering experience in Electronic Warfare (EW)
  • Experience mentoring engineers and less-experienced managers
  • Engineering experience on the F-18 program
  • Working knowledge of Scale Agile Framework (SAFe)
  • Active Top-Secret Security Clearance
  • Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering
  • Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, GitLab, and Jama Connect

Responsibilities

  • Ensure that the team delivers safe and high-quality program products within cost and schedule
  • Coordination with program management, suppliers, customers and other Boeing teams
  • Provide technical, programmatic and process leadership to team members
  • Monitor team and supplier performance to ensure proper system integration and compliance with requirements
  • Support production and USN fleet with issue resolution for delivered hardware and software over the entire product life cycle
  • Perform managerial HR functions
  • Lead, develop, and motivate employees

Benefits

  • health insurance
  • flexible spending accounts
  • health savings accounts
  • retirement savings plans
  • life and disability insurance programs
  • paid time away from work
  • generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • flexible work environment
  • paid parental leave
  • 401k matching
  • extremely generous tuition assistance for earning advanced degrees
  • paid medical leave programs
  • 401k
  • Student Loan Match
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