Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems (SIWS) is seeking a Senior Production Engineering Manager to drive production excellence across large-scale aerospace structures, leading cross-functional teams, modernizing processes, and ensuring on-time, on-spec deliveries that directly enable human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience working in an engineering, manufacturing, and/or production environment OR 5+ years of experience in a leadership role (i.e., manager, project manager, team lead, etc.).
- Experience from the beginning of the process through to the end, with any of the following: Design & development of test fixtures and/or test plans, Design of a part or assembly, Design of tooling or development of production processes to make the part, Development of a proposal, Development of a proposal to involve cost estimating, Provided support to customers following delivery, Worked closely with manufacturing during the build process.
- Experience with the early lifecycle of technology development including the qualification of parts and processes for production readiness.
- Experience in planning and production control processes.
- Demonstrated experience supporting large, complex launch vehicle, or spacecraft production programs.
- Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt/Black Belt) or equivalent continuous improvement training.
- Knowledge of aerospace quality systems (e.g., AS9100) and regulatory/compliance requirements for flight hardware.
Responsibilities
- Lead, manage, develop and motivate a multi-discipline production engineering organization supporting SLS hardware production, assembly, integration, and test.
- Partner with Integrated Product Team (IPT) to support and improve the production system.
- Develop and implement production engineering strategies, processes, and metrics to meet schedule, quality, and cost objectives.
- Oversee manufacturing readiness reviews, production readiness verifications, and key gating events for flight hardware.
- Drive closure of non-conformances, corrective/preventive actions, and root cause investigations in coordination with quality and engineering teams.
- Collaborate with design engineering to ensure producibility, manufacturability, and maintainability are addressed during design maturation and change implementation.
- Manage supplier engineering engagement to ensure supplier process control, flow-down requirements, and delivery performance.
Other
- Motivated, demonstrated ability to drive daily execution, strong communicator.
- Strengths in creating daily effective cadence to deliver results.
- Understanding of escalation chain and where it can be influenced.
- Skilled leader with ability to enable effective communication with customers and other organizations.
- Ability to build trust through diplomacy and strategic messaging while balancing organizational goals with stakeholder needs.
