Test Design & Build Manager

Company:

Boeing India Private Limited

Job ID:

00000438503

Date Posted:

2024-09-16

Location:

IND - Bangalore, India

Job Description Qualifications:

Overview

As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures, and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability, and community impact. Boeing’s diverse team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality, and integrity.

Technology for today and tomorrow

The Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) in India is leveraging a diverse talented pool of 5500+ diverse engineering workforce that contributes to global aerospace growth. Our engineers deliver cutting-edge R&D, innovation, and high-quality engineering work in global markets, and leverage new-age technologies such as AI/ML, IIoT, Cloud, Model-Based Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing, shaping the future of aerospace.

People-driven culture

At Boeing, we believe creativity and innovation thrives when every employee is trusted, empowered, and has the flexibility to choose, grow, learn, and explore. We offer variable arrangements depending upon business and customer needs, and professional pursuits that offer greater flexibility in the way our people work. We also believe that collaboration, frequent team engagements, and face-to-face meetings bring diverse perspectives and thoughts – enabling every voice to be heard and every perspective to be respected.  No matter where or how our teammates work, we are committed to positively shaping people’s careers and being thoughtful about employee wellbeing.

At Boeing, we are inclusive, diverse, and transformative.  

With us, you can create and contribute to what matters most in your career, community, country, and world. Join us in powering the progress of global aerospace.

Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) is based in Bangalore, India.

We are looking for a first line manager to join our leadership team in standing up Mechanical & Structures Engineering capability. This is a techno-managerial position that is expected to provide technical & people leadership to the team.

                                                                                                                                                   

Job Description:

• Manages employees performing engineering and technical activities in the areas of Mechanical, Electrical & Structures Design/build/test and being responsible for the reliability, defining/maintaining/improving the configuration, and test program of their assigned Airframe and/or Mechanical Sub-Systems.
• Develops project or operational plans aligned with department's 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 makes hiring decisions. Coaches, counsels, mentors and provides developmental opportunities and job assignments to enhance employee performance and expand capabilities. Ensures employees are working effectively with all development teams. Provides on-going developmental feedback. Enforces company rules and policies regarding ethical behavior, safety, security, use of company property, time charging, etc.
• Partner and engage with internal and external stakeholders, maintain relationships/partnerships with internal customers, peers and partners to develop strategies, goals and objectives that are consistent with the organization’s strategy. The position will be pivotal in creating and maintaining relationships with the Global teams and working closely with those stakeholders in planning and forecasting activities of the team as well as reporting requirements from stakeholders.
• Provide periodic updates to senior management in the form of progress reports, project summaries, and other related documents.
• Must foster an innovative work environment leading to identification of opportunities for improvements in product, process, quality, and productivity.
• Support SRR (Systems Requirements Review), PDR (Preliminary Design Reviews) and CDR (Critical Design Reviews).

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor or Master of Engineering degree is needed as a basic qualification.
• Demonstrated Software Engineering experience with involvement in all phases of the software development life cycle using various software development platforms.

Desired Skills:

• Candidate must possess excellent understanding of the Aerospace systems: Fuselage, Wing, Empennage Structures or Mechanical Systems such as Hydraulics, Propulsion and Electro-Mechanical systems.
• Candidate is expected to be familiar with aircraft testing, qualification, and certification as well as Safety and Airworthiness Standards per Regulatory requirements such as FAA, DGCA, EASA.
• Desired Candidate should have exhibited engineering expertise across product development phases such as Design, Build & Test programs.
• Must possess strong leadership and project management skills. Formal people leadership experience is a plus.
• Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products, and processes.
• Candidate should have a strong aptitude for team building and people development to Manage, develop and motivate employees.
• Communication – strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to prepare comprehensive reports, proposals, Statements of Work.  Candidate must be fluent in English and have expertise in using MS Office tools. 
• Must be flexible, with a high tolerance for organizational complexity and ability to work with partners from within Boeing and outside.
• Candidate must be a self-starter with a positive attitude, high ethics, and a track record of working successfully under pressure in a time-constrained environment. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master of Engineering degree and 14+ years of related work experience OR Master of Engineering and 12+ years of related experience.

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. We are engineers and technicians. Skilled scientists and thinkers. Bold innovators and dreamers. Join us, and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world.

Relocation:

Relocation is available for eligible candidates, if authorized

Export Control Requirement:

Not an export control position

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a safety sensitive position

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Experience Level:

Manager - K

Job Type:

Regular

Job Code:

6C1KMK (6C8)