Avionics Engineering Director – Onsite Space Systems

Boeing; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 179,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, is seeking a Director of Avionics Engineering to lead the hardware engineering team, align schedules and budgets, and advocate for the team to secure resources for customer success. This on-site leadership role reports to the VP of engineering and shapes the technical vision for avionics across spacecraft programs.

The role requires 14+ years in aerospace engineering, 4+ years in functional management, and U.S.

Qualifications

• Minimum 14 years of experience as an engineering professional, with experience in functional or project management in the aerospace defense industry.
• 4 years experience as a functional manager
• Experience having served as or currently serving as a Project Lead, and/or functional manager in spacecraft development
• Knowledge of satellite systems and components
• Demonstrated ability in hardware engineering design and analysis for spacecraft avionics products.
• 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. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Responsibilities

• Sets the technical direction and standards for engineering team
• Establish and maintain the standardization of project management tools to drive commonality in how we implement our design (e.g. template IMS and WBS)
• Establish Objectives and KPIs that align with company goals and measure engineering performance across the organization
• Coordinates risk management across teams; escalates and prioritizes critical risks
• Oversee program-level schedules, ensure resource balancing, and approve staffing plans
• Review and approves proposal labor estimates and technical baselines; manages bid efforts
• Manages communication with program directors and PMs regarding technical work products and performance
• Cross-team collaboration to enforce commonality of tools, analysis, processes, and standards
• Partner closely with Quality and Safety team to ensure risk posture is well understood
• Work with Manufacturing leadership teams to provide support in designing for manufacturability
• Scale design across program portfolios and establish processes and standards within the team
• Mentoring and Performance Reviews of Front-Line Managers ETLs and any other direct reports

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Mentoring

Communication

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Git

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, is seeking a Director of Avionics Engineering to lead the hardware engineering team, align schedules and budgets, and advocate for the team to secure resources for customer success. This on-site leadership role reports to the VP of engineering and shapes the technical vision for avionics across spacecraft programs.

The role requires 14+ years in aerospace engineering, 4+ years in functional management, and U.S.