Senior Manager, Vehicle Engineering - Millennnium Space Systems

Boeing•El Segundo, CA

1d•$174,500 - $260,000•Onsite

About The Position

As Director of Vehicle Engineering, you will inspire, coordinate, and lead the vehicle engineering team to deliver the technical work products, schedules, and budgets. The director is the advocate for the functional engineering team to ensure they have the required resources to exceed customer expectations. You will work with the other directors and the VP of engineering as a team representing the companies’ engineering leaders. You will develop and sustain a vision for continued growth and improved efficiency for the vehicle engineering team. The vehicle engineering teams own design integration, vehicle performance, and subsystem program execution for scope across; mechanical, thermal, structural, harness, propulsion and mechanical ground support engineering teams.

Requirements

Minimum of 14 years of experience as an engineering professional in the aerospace and/or defense industry
4 years’ experience as a functional manager
Experience having served as or currently serving as a Project Lead, and/or functional manager in spacecraft development
Demonstrated knowledge of satellite systems and components
Demonstrated ability in vehicle engineering design integration, and analysis for spacecraft bus/structure products.
Experience in the following fields: Structural Design and Analysis (static, dynamic, loads, FEM), Thermal Design and Analysis, Mechanical Systems and Mechanisms, Propulsion Systems, Harness and Cable Design, Design for Manufacturability and Sustainment, Integration, Assembly, and Test (AI&T) flow
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. A Final Post-Start Top Secret Clearance is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with iterative and/or agile development processes
Experience with CAD tools (NX, SolidWorks, Creo) and PLM systems (Teamcenter)
Experience with 3D harness modeling or other integration tools
Experience with structural/thermal analysis tools (Nastran, Patran, Thermal Desktop)
Experience with designing vehicles for production at scale (>100 per year)
Experience with git, JIRA, confluence
Aerospace industry experience
National Security experience
Active U.S. Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance

Responsibilities

Provide overall company happenings and provide context to get ahead of swirl. Explain situations in context of the employee, the team, and Millennium
Provide rationale and background for higher level decisions Sets the technical direction and standards for mechanical, thermal, structural, harness, propulsion and mechanical ground support engineering teams
Establish and maintain the standardization of project management tools to drive commonality in how we implement our design (e.g. template IMS and WBS)
Establish Objectives and KPIs that align with company goals and measure engineering performance across the organization
Implement organizational initiatives and corrective actions to meet and improve upon performance targets
Coordinates risk management across teams; escalates and prioritizes critical risks
Oversee program-level schedules, ensure resource balancing, and approve staffing plans
Review and approves proposal labor estimates and technical baselines; manages bid efforts
Manages communication with program directors and PMs regarding technical work products and performance, as well as communicating impacts due to corporate prioritization
Cross-team collaboration to enforce commonality of tools, analysis, processes, and standards
Partner closely with Quality and Safety team to ensure risk posture is well understood, and standards are up to date with your team's processes
Work closely with Manufacturing leadership teams to provide support in designing for manufacturability and resolution of complex non-conformance resolution during all working shifts
Work with Manufacturing team to scale design as required across program portfolios – establish processes and standards within your team to support this effort
Work in conjunction with Program Management to meet execution milestones and address blockers/help needed
Look for cross-team relationships and help set priorities on what team managers recommend
Establish & maintain interview processes and staffing plans
Approves tools/software for efficient use across engineering teams; manages associated costs
Manage OH budget across engineering teams (managers, meetings, software, training, tools & equipment), including approval of software with means for efficient use across teams
Providing regular 1:1 meeting with direct reports
Providing formal feedback and raising requests per company guidelines
Identification of talent for Technical Fellow positions and career growth paths
Sponsors cross-team initiatives to drive innovation; identifies and supports transformational technologies