Phantom Works, Sr. Special Technology & Special Mission Systems Manager

Phantom Works, Sr. Special Technology & Special Mission Systems Manager

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space (BDS) is seeking talented individuals to join our Phantom Works team as a Senior Special Technology & Special Mission Systems Manager to join our team in Tukwila or Kent, WA.

This individual will manage and lead a unique technical team for Boeing Phantom Works supporting various Special Programs and Capabilities.  The position is in the Seattle, WA area and will require travel to visit and engage with cross-site teams and customers.  This is a unique opportunity to guide a highly skilled workforce on exciting and challenging proprietary programs, from low to mid-range Technical Readiness Levels (TRL). Within Phantom Works, our engineering teams use their expertise to create and innovative next generation capabilities for a wide variety of next generation aerospace platforms and products. We focus on innovation, capture, and prototype development to solve hard problems with cutting edge technologies. In joining this program, you will be part of an outstanding team as we shape these new products.

In addition, you will develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners, and direct reports. You will pursue strategic partnerships and collaborate effectively with peer groups within PW, Boeing Technology and Innovation (BTI), the larger BDS, and external technology service providers. This role will also provide leadership and oversight for all people processes conducted within the report groups, participate in skills management, coach direct reports, and support the pursuit of a learning and professional growth environment for employees and managers. The candidate should have a strong knowledge of air and space advanced mission systems and technologies.

Position Responsibilities:

• Requires management of employees and first-level managers performing engineering and technical activities in the areas of Electronic, Electrical, Radar, Advanced Materials and Electro-Optic Engineering.

• Requires the development and execution of integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provides input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, objectives.

• Requires management and advocation for acquiring resources for supporting department activities, technical management of suppliers and leading process improvements.

• Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports.

• Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes.

• Manages, develops and motivates employees and first-level managers.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

This position requires the ability to obtain a US Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance with Polygraph for which the US Government requires US Citizenship.  

​This position requires ability to obtain program access, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship only.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelors of Science degree in engineering, physics, mathematics or chemistry

• 9+ years of work-related experience with a Bachelor's or 7+ years of work-related experience with a Masters or PhD

• 5 years of experience with the following:

  • Experience interfacing with US Government customers on technical requirements, risk and integration to support Program execution

  • Experience with RF/Radar and/or Electro-Optic and/or Electronic/Electrical design and engineering programs testing and troubleshooting

  • Experience communicating technical details clearly and concisely with customers and cross-functional teams

  • Ability to create project schedules which identify time frame and key milestones

  • Experience working with US government programs

  • Travel up to 50%

Preferred Qualifications(Desired Skills/Experience):

• Active U.S. Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) with Polygraph Security Clearance (US Citizenship Required).  (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.)