Vehicle Management System (VMS) Senior Manager
About The Position
The Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) organization is seeking a Vehicle Management System (VMS) Senior Manager to support a proprietary Air Dominance portfolio program located in Berkeley, MO. The VMS senior manager leads a multi-disciplined team to define, procure, develop, integrate and test an air vehicle VMS. The VMS team is responsible for requirements definition, verification, and validation; hardware selection and integration; VMS software development; and integrated testing in the laboratory and on the final product. The manager will also coordinate with mission systems software, central maintenance software, GN&C, and subsystems managers on program to ensure the integrated VMS product meets requirements. The VMS Leader will also ensure alignment with other portfolio programs on hardware strategies and standards as appropriate. This is a phenomenal opportunity to lead and execute development excellence on an amazingly difficult and critically important program.
Requirements
- 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
- 15+ years of experience in the aerospace industry
- 5+ years of experience in an engineering discipline related to Vehicle Management Systems
- 5+ years of experience as manager
- Ability to travel 10% of time
- 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.”
- This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
- This position requires ability to obtain Special Program Access, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship only.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of vehicle systems integration and test.
- Knowledge of lab test processes and procedures.
- Experience with Project Management and integrated scheduling.
- Previous customer interface experience on technical issues.
- Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
Responsibilities
- Manage employees and managers performing engineering and technical activities in vehicle management
- Develop and execute integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provide input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, objectives
- Acquire resources for department activities, provide technical management of internal and external suppliers and lead process improvements
- Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports
- Provide oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes
- Manage, develop, and motivate employees and first-level managers
Benefits
- competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
- health insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work
- 401(k) plan
- match your contributions dollar for dollar, up to 10% of eligible pay with Immediate 100% vesting
- Student Loan Match
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
