Systems Engineering Manager - Executive Transport & Surveillance

Systems Engineering Manager - Executive Transport & Surveillance

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space, and Security (BDS) is seeking a dynamic Systems Engineering Manager, in Oklahoma City, OK, to lead a team of engineers to accomplish the Systems Engineering scope of work for he Executive Transport and Surveillance (ET&S) portfolio in the Mobility, Surveillance & Bombers Division.

This position requires excellent communication and leadership skills, detailed knowledge and systems engineering experience supporting modification and modernization programs.

Top candidates will have strong communication and interpersonal skills, be honest and transparent with employees, create an engaging culture and maintain high ethical standards while delivering results.  Additionally, managers are accountable for the success, happiness and growth of the people within the group.

In this position you will lead your team to work across numerous engineering teams to develop, coordinate, and drive system solutions. 

Position Responsibilities:

• Responsible for cost, schedule and technical execution of the Systems Engineering statement of work (e.g. Requirements, Architecture, Interfaces, Verification, Technical Performance Management, Integration)
• Develops and maintains relationships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Partners with the Systems Engineering Integration Team (SEIT) leader, Program Management, Program Chief Engineer, and Program Teams.
• Manages, develops and motivates employees. Coaches, counsels, mentors and provides developmental opportunities and job assignments to enhance employee performance and expand capabilities. Provides on-going developmental feedback. Recognizes contributions of individuals and teams to improve employee satisfaction and retain a skilled and motivated workforce.
• Develops project or operational plans aligned to MS&B objectives. Implements plans to ensure business, technical and customer requirements are achieved. Assigns authority and responsibilities to employees to execute the plan. Reviews plans' execution, makes appropriate adjustments, and resolves issues. Monitors appropriate metrics to ensure performance to plan.
• Forecasts resource needs and obtains and manages personnel, facilities, services, equipment and tools to meet project and daily operating requirements. Acquires, deploys and schedules personnel to meet project and operational objectives.
• Proactively communicates with employees, peers (e.g., fellow first-level managers) and customers. Keeps others informed by communicating project status, conducting and participating in team meetings, providing presentations and listening to employee concerns and suggestions. Communicates policies and directives to enhance employee awareness of expectations.
• Manages Systems Engineering execution across the program and leads resolution of critical program issues
• Ensures cross-functional team performance & on-time delivery within allocated budgets

  

This position is 100% onsite in Oklahoma City, OK.

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship.  An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
• 8+ years’ experience with engineering of large or small-scale systems, and overall systems engineering disciplines is required. 
• 2+ years’ experience leading (formal and/or informal) multi-disciplinary engineering and integration teams is required.
• Excellent understanding of systems engineering and experience developing and managing processes. 
• Hands-on experiences with planning and conducting major program milestone reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR, FCA) and the Boeing Enterprise Standard Gate Process (ESGP).

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Hands-on experience with architecture and requirement definition, analysis, integration and management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a strategic mindset
• Experience with budget management and resource allocation
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders at all levels internally and externally. Comfortable presenting to program leaders and to customers.
• Demonstrated experience taking initiative,