Product Owner - Manufacturing Harness - Millennium Space Systems

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Millennium Space Systems, a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), is a fast, agile small satellite company focused on national security space. Our missions have direct impact to global security, like missile warning and Earth observation.

Our team is curious, bold and innovative. We take risks, innovate and explore new techniques and technologies. We influence change because we challenge the status quo. And when we watch our satellites launch, we know each one of us made it happen.

As a Product Owner - Manufacturing Harness, you will collaboratively manage the schedule, budget, and technical oversight of subsystem deliverables for assigned control accounts to one or many programs. You will be empowered to and responsible for driving the team execution for delivering quality hardware against program delivery dates, optimizing production capacity and improving designs and manufacturability to meet required manufacturing rates.

The position will require working with company and program management, multiple engineering teams, production, ATLO (Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations), and our Customers to deliver qualified subsystem components on time and on budget.

Our team is currently hiring for level 4.

Position Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with Program Management Offices (including MPMs) to understand and prioritize deliverable hardware

• Drive team execution (day to day) and execution of upcoming milestones, thru facilitation of all functions in the flow from demand entry, procurement through delivery

• Manage technical project scope, planning, proposals, cost estimates, schedules, cost performance, Estimates at Completion (EAC), Risk assessment throughout the program lifecycle

• Update program LRE (Latest Revised Estimate) planners, schedules, and provide Earned Value Management inputs, including variance analysis and corrective action planning

• Develop and maintain a historical data set for cost and schedule projections providing inputs to program delivery Baselines

• Work closely with Production Scheduling function to ensure hardware build schedules in shared production areas meet program needs

• Develop a product roadmap that aligns with the Companies long range business plans and work with Engineering to identify, authorize and manage technical changes to deliverable unit designs to meet those plans

• Represent control account(s) as a recognized technical authority and performance manager

• Track and update key subsystem TPMs (Technical Performance Metrics)

• Identify issues and risks early, proactively resolve issues that impede program progress, obtain assistance when needed to allow design staff to concentrate on their work products

• Track/Manage subsystem DRs (Discrepancy Reports) and work with respective engineering teams to close out any open DRs in a timely fashion to keep MFG floor work moving

• Status key subsystem deliverables to program management, customers, and other stakeholders

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in technical or business discipline with knowledge of cost, schedule, technical, risk, and earned value management.

• Experience with Jira, MS Excel, Word, Project, and Power Point

• Experience leading engineering and/or manufacturing teams and personnel

• Experience using tools and metrics in managing activities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skill

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Project Leadership experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Computer, Electrical, Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or Electronic Design

• Understanding of execution methodologies (waterfall, agile, etc) and the ability to tailor them based on program needs

• Demonstrate the ability to balance the needs of multiple programs and stakeholders in a resource and schedule constrained environment

• Ability to determine and proactively act on program execution…