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Systems Engineering Manager (KC-46 Sustainment SEIT)

Tukwila, Washington; Everett, Washington Job ID JR2025448215 Category Seattle Area Manufacturing Post Date Mar. 27, 2025
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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.

KC-46 BGS Engineering is seeking a proactive System Engineering Manager to lead the KC-46 Sustainment SEIT team in Tukwila, WA or Everett, WA. The BGS KC-46 SEIT team has responsibility for technical systems integration across BGS, BDS, and BCA stakeholders, reliability and maintainability engineering, and digital tools and analytics services. The successful candidate is a high performing engineering leader who can develop and build a multi-skilled team through embracing challenge and creating structure. This position will report directly to the KC-46 Sustainment Chief Engineer.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Manages, motivates, and helps develop team to ensure team skills align with SEIT RAA and are applied against SOW to meet team deliverables and milestones.
  • Leads engineering team responsible for: spec verification / integration during proposal development, Reliability & Maintenance activities, performs and support System Engineering (Safety, Airworthiness, CM/DM), perform and manage RIO process and CDRL development and delivery process.
  • Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes. Ensure compliance with all relevant engineering and Boeing Company processes.
  • Ensures customer commitments are understood, documented, communicated, and delivered on-time with first-time quality.
  • Develops and executes project and process plans, implements policies and procedures and sets operational goals.
  • Monitors and executes to a planned budget to support Earned Value Management best practices.
  • Partners with other functional managers across BGS and BDS to obtain resource commitments necessary to successfully accomplish program objectives within budget and schedule. 
  • Coordinates supplier requirements support with Supplier Requirements Engineering (SRE) capability leaders.
  • Manages appropriate staffing and skill sets to meet team deliverables.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering.
  • 5+ years of experience in engineering.
  • 3+ years of experience in engineering leadership (as a lead or in a leadership position on projects or programs).

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Experience with military aircraft sustainment and post-production modifications
  • Previous management experience
  • Experience in systems engineering, including requirements development, compliance approach, and verification
  • Experience with program management best practices including work package planning, managing cost and schedule, and reporting variances.
  • Experience with Cost Account Manager (CAM) responsibilities and earned value management.

Travel:
Occasional travel (10%) may be required in support of the program and customer.

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 policies. 

GENERAL:

All information provided will be checked and may be verified.

Please apply ASAP for this role as recruitment may commence before the end date.

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Salaries are based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range: $147,050 – $198,950


Applications for this position will be accepted until Apr. 11, 2025


Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Security Clearance

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.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift


Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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