Senior Production Engineering Manager - Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) & Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) - Shift C

Boeing • Huntsville, AL

1d • $170,000 - $230,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company is seeking a Senior Production Engineering Manager for its Defense, Space & Security Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems team in Huntsville, Alabama. The role leads production engineering for the Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) portfolio, specifically the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) program, with a focus on production-rate readiness, operational success, quality, safety, cost, and delivery objectives.

The manager oversees technical approaches, products, and processes; drives continuous improvement and LEAN practices; and leads production engineering execution, including start-right activities, gate and proposal reviews, business capture, and future factory initiatives. The role develops organizational plans and technical strategies, manages performance and recovery plans, and communicates results and plans to executive audiences.

The position also manages workforce capabilities and staffing, identifies skill gaps, supports training and technical career development, and builds relationships across customers, stakeholders, and functions including Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Safety, and Test. The role is based in Huntsville, Alabama, and is Shift 3. It requires the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance; an interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance is required after starting. Relocation is available based on eligibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or directly related non-U.S. equivalent qualifications.
• At least 7 years of experience in aerospace, automotive, robotics, or a similar industry.
• At least 7 years of experience in Production Engineering, Structures Design, Analytical Engineering, or a combination of these areas.
• At least 7 years of experience managing people, programs, and budgets.
• At least 3 years of experience in engineering senior management.
• Experience leading or managing large or complex teams of managers and/or non-management employees.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government for clearance eligibility, and an interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance is required after starting.
• Must meet U.S. export-control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person.
• Must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest assessment process.
• Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Nice To Haves

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams of touch-labor employees, engineers, and managers.
• Proficiency with MESci, Aurora precedence networking tool, and Model Based Work Instructions (MBI) development.
• Experience with high-rate production systems and successful major production-rate increases.
• Experience implementing error-proofing process controls, such as poka-yoke and no-fault-forward, in high-rate production systems.
• Understanding of electro-mechanical assembly production, calibration, and test.
• Understanding of circuit card assembly (CCA) production and test.
• Experience collaborating and working with union members.
• Experience with constraint-based schedule development and maintenance.
• Bachelor of Engineering degree with production engineering experience and knowledge of factory operations, manufacturing capabilities, and data used to define delivery configurations.
• Ability to create an environment of inclusion, transparency, and trust while executing with strong values.
• Ability to quickly make sense of complex issues and respond effectively to complex and ambiguous situations.
• Strong verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate clearly at all levels and adapt to the audience.
• Familiarity with One Boeing Production System (One-BPS).
• Domain knowledge of production engineering best practices.
• Domain knowledge leading Model Based Engineering (MBE), Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), and Design for Affordability (DFA).
• Demonstrated skills in Risk Management and Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA).
• Cost Account Management experience using Boeing processes and procedures, including Earned Value Management (EVM).

Responsibilities

• Lead production engineering execution of the statement of work in alignment with quality, safety, cost, and delivery objectives.
• Execute integrated organizational plans, policies, and procedures and guide technical strategies to meet organizational goals.
• Establish metrics to manage performance against plan, improvement actions, and recovery plans, and communicate information at the executive level.
• Oversee and approve technical approaches, products, and processes to align with business plans and goals and comply with command media, processes, and procedures.
• Drive continuous-improvement strategies and LEAN practices across the value stream; identify and adopt technologies and tools aligned with BDS standards.
• Coach and lead the team with clear direction, listening and communicating effectively at all levels and adapting communications to the audience.
• Develop creative plans and solutions to problems while aligning engineering excellence with program priorities.
• Lead start-right production engineering execution and support gate reviews, proposal reviews, business capture, and future factory activities.
• Manage workforce talent and staffing; identify skill gaps and work cross-functionally to develop and deploy training and technical career-development pathways.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners, and direct reports, including Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Safety, and Test.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Relocation based on candidate eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior