Boeing AvionX - Senior Manager, SEIT

Boeing AvionX - Senior Manager, SEIT

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing AvionX organization is seeking a Senior Manager, SEIT to join our team in Plano, TX, Hazelwood, MO or Long Beach, CA. This role will be responsible for leading a geographically distributed Systems Engineering, Integration & Test (SEIT) organization responsible for developing, integrating, certifying, and transitioning complex avionics HW/SW products into production. In addition, this position will be accountable for technical excellence, certification readiness, budget/schedule performance, and people leadership across AvionX programs.

The Sr. Manager will manage up to 20 direct reports (Safety, Sr. SEIT engineers), and will lead the horizontal integration of 60 additional engineers (Systems Engineers, Integration & Test engineers, technical leads and their managers) and oversee matrixed/contract resources across multiple concurrent programs.

This position requires periodic international travel and work across multiple U.S. sites.

Position responsibilities:

• Hire, develop, retain, and lead a geographically distributed SEIT organization (up to 80 direct reports). Own staffing plans, resource allocation, and workforce development.

• Oversee execution on up to 20 concurrent projects spanning requirements, architecture, design, HW/SW development, integration, verification & validation, certification/qualification, and production handoff.

• Provide technical leadership and quality oversight for certification artifacts (DO-178C, DO-254, ARP-4754) and qualification artifacts for DoD programs. Defend technical approaches with FAA/DoD/corporate stakeholders.

• Establish and monitor SEIT KPIs (schedule variance, cost variance, first-time pass rates, certification findings, retention/time-to-fill) and drive corrective actions.

• Develop and improve SEIT processes, tools, and lab/integration capabilities (HIL, SIL, ATE, CI/CD for SW), and promote MBSE/requirements traceability practices.

• Serve as AvionX technical spokesperson to executive leadership and customers; support proposal development, budgets, and resource-loaded schedules when required.

• Promote a culture of technical excellence, knowledge sharing, mentoring, diversity & inclusion, and continuous improvement.

• Travel to program and workforce sites as required to lead distributed teams, conduct technical reviews, and support certification activities.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

• 20+ years of experience in avionics/electronics product development collaborating with customer-facing and internal execution teams

• 10+ years leading full-lifecycle SEIT: requirements decomposition & allocation, architecture, modelling & simulation, HW/SW design, integration, verification & validation, certification/qualification, and production handoff

• 5+ years of people management experience, including hiring and developing managers/technical leads

• Experience managing multiple concurrent programs and delivering against cost, schedule and certification objectives

• Experience with avionics LRUs (management systems, cabin systems, displays, networking) and associated HW/SW development

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Engineering/technical degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

• Familiarity with DO-178C, DO-254, DO-160, ARP-4754 and practical experience delivering DAL A/B artifacts

• Experience with MBSE and tools such as DOORS/DOORS NG, Jama, MagicDraw/Cameo; SW toolchains (GitLab, CI/CD, static analysis) and HIL/SIL/ATE lab workflows

• Experience with Agile and Waterfall program methodologies and product management concepts

• Earned Value Management (EVM) experience, QBD/CAM participation, and proposal development (budgets & resource-loaded schedules)

• Prior experience interfacing with FAA and DoD certification authorities and participating in audits

Success measures (examples):

• Established updated staffing plan within 60 days and reduced open critical positions within 90 days

• Deliver stable program baselines and corrective plans for schedule/cost variances within first 90 days

• Increase first-time pass r