Mission Engineering Manager

Mission Engineering Manager Company:

The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems (SI&WS) is seeking a Mission Engineering Manager with a strong background in Operations & Mission Engineering to join our Government Systems Operations (GSO) team in Las Cruces, NM.The Mission Engineering Manager (SW) is responsible for the overall safety and performance of the space vehicles flown out of the SW Facility.

This position also manages approximately 15 Boeing direct reports and is responsible for hiring and performance management.

Position Responsibilities:

Support the Program Flight Operations and/or Mission Engineering Manager in functional and personnel management of a team of approximately 15 engineers, to include staffing and cost account management

Managing, developing, and motivating employees through Performance evaluations, performance development and career coaching so that personnel are fully engaged and committed to program success

Provide technical guidance, oversight, and leadership to the Mission Engineering or Flight Operations team for a customer satellite constellation

Manage special projects and taskers

Lead the team through system anomaly and problem resolution processes

Assess technical status of critical engineering activities and milestones to program and customer management

Perform quality control checks across Engineering or Operations, ensuring necessary processes and procedures are in place

Oversee the creation and implementation of Process Improvements across the team Support development of organizational goals and strategy

Interface with multiple external engineering organizations, sharing expertise and lessons learned

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at the customer site.

Boeing First-Line Leader Assessment:
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Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

This position requires an active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) U.S. Security Clearance with an adjudicated Counterintelligence or Full Scope Polygraph (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.).Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement

Willing to support a 24/7 on-call rotation environment

Spacecraft operations and/or engineering experience5+ years of experience in the intelligence community interfacing with government customers

Candidates must have at least one year of experience in a leadership role (team leader, temp manager, large scale cross functional project/program management, or formal manager experience) OR have completed the Boeing internal course “Exploring Leadership”Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

Current or former team lead, chief engineer, or other leadership role/s in the GSO organization2+ years of experience leading teams in a formal and /or informal leadership role

Experience with cost account management and/or earned value management

Experience interfacing with US Government operations customers

Experience leading a team at a government client location

Excellent communications skills, verbal and written

Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of management, customers, and partners.

Ability to build a safe environment of inclusion, transparency, and trust

Experience gaining…