Boeing

Test and Evaluation Engineering Manager

Boeing$151K — $204K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • U.S. Person compliance required for export control
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering or science field
  • Minimum one year in a leadership or project management role
  • Experience in maintaining relationships across multiple teams
  • Background in flight or lab testing within integrated environments

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team handling flight test instrumentation operations
  • Set departmental vision and translate strategy into actionable plans
  • Manage budgets and performance metrics, reporting to stakeholders
  • Ensure operational excellence in cost, schedule, and quality targets
  • Resolve instrumentation issues through root-cause analysis and corrective actions
  • Establish compliance standards in all instrumentation activities
  • Build relationships with customers and stakeholders to secure resources

Benefits

  • Health insurance and flexible spending accounts
  • Health savings accounts
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Life and disability insurance programs
  • Paid and unpaid time off options
Full Job Description
Test and Evaluation Engineering Manager

Position Responsibilities:
  • Lead and develop a high-performing Instrumentation Operations team responsible for design, maintenance, and operation of flight test instrumentation and data systems
  • Set vision, priorities, and departmental policies; translate strategy into executable plans, schedules, and resource allocations
  • Own budgets earned value metrics, and performance indicators; report status and forecast to stakeholders and leadership
  • Drive operational excellence to meet cost, schedule, quality, availability, and reliability targets for test assets
  • Resolve critical instrumentation issues, lead root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to protect program timelines
  • Establish and enforce safety, regulatory, and compliance standards across all instrumentation activities
  • Build and sustain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, peers, and executive stakeholders to secure alignment and resources
  • Champion talent development through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and targeted training
  • Lead continuous improvement and adoption of new technologies to enhance capability, efficiency, and test readiness
  • Identify program risks and implement mitigation strategies to minimize impact on flight test objectives
  • Represent organizational values and model leadership behaviors that foster inclusion, accountability, and innovation


Boeing First-Line Leader Assessment: To be considered for this position, you will be required to complete an assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
  • This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. a7120.62 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee
  • 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
  • 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"
  • Experience in developing and maintaining relationships / partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners, and cross-functional teams
  • Experience do you have leading or conducting complex flight and/or lab testing in an integrated test team environment


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Professional engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a people-leadership or project-lead role, or equivalent demonstrated leadership experience
  • Experience leading or managing Military projects and/or teams
  • Experience with Earned Value Management
  • Experience leading teams through high dynamic and pressure environments - high adaptability, stamina, and drive
  • Strong people management: hiring, mentoring, performance management, conflict resolution
  • Familiarity with instrumentation hardware (e.g., strain gauges, accelerometers, pressure, temperature, video)
  • Flight test process experience
  • Passion and experience in employee training and development


Pay & Benefits:

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.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range: $151,300 - $204,700

Language Requirements:
Not Applicable

Education:
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement:

Safety Sensitive:
This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:
This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:
Shift 1 (United States of America)

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