JDAM Production Lead Engineer

JDAM Production Lead Engineer

Company:

The Boeing Company

Job ID:

00000433803

Date Posted:

2024-09-10

Location:

USA - Saint Charles, MO

Job Description Qualifications:

The Boeing Company is actively seeking a Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) Production Lead Engineer at the St. Charles, MO, area. This position will be responsible for the technical baseline and continued production of the Joint Direct Attack Munition system.

Position Responsibilities:

• Ensures technical conduct, progress, performance, and results are executed in compliance with established requirements, plans, program charter and RAA, and that the required technical leadership is in place at lower levels.
• Is directly responsible and accountable to the Program Manager and has an independent reporting path to the Chief Engineer
• Provides senior technical leadership for the program and associated proposal, and be the senior technical interface to customers and suppliers.
• Establishes a culture of proactive technical oversight, risk management and rapid issue resolution, providing alternative paths for issue resolution and an open dialogue on technical issues
• Oversees the Responsible Engineer (RE) process, where engineers and engineering leadership are assigned over the systems, subsystems, and components for each program.
• Implements and enforces engineering functional excellence in people, processes, tools, and practices; drive productivity improvements through the use of the lean principles disciplines; and share best practices and lessons learned.
• Establishes a culture of technical expertise, service, and availability within the technical community and across the enterprise.
• Works with functional counterparts to understand and ensure process inputs and outputs are clearly defined to enable products and services to meet requirements and be delivered on schedule and within costs.
• Monitors Enterprise technology strategy activities and provide inputs to Enterprise Technology Strategy to ensure technology insertion and application is relevant to the program.
• Uses the Chief Program Engineer RAA to include the following specific tactical responsibilities, which may be tailored to the program's specific needs and may include Mission Assurance or System Integrated Product Team (IPT) leadership.

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 an active U.S. Active Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

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
• 5+ years of experience working in an engineering, engineering technology, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience participating in (work or school related) engineering design projects or activities.
• 5+ years of experience leading or managing multi-disciplinary engineering projects teams.
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally. 
• Active Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience with Aircraft Integration
• Experience with Production Control
• Experience with Production Engineering

Typical Education & Experience:

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+9 years' related work experience, Master+12 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our p