Product Owner - Manufacturing Harness - Millennium Space Systems

The Boeing Company; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

Retirement savings plans

Life and disability insurance

Paid/unpaid time away programs

Job summary

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, seeks a Product Owner - Manufacturing Harness to lead schedule, budget, and technical oversight for subsystem deliverables on multiple programs. You’ll drive team execution, optimize capacity, and improve manufacturability to meet dates and budgets.

Role collaborates with program management, engineering, production, ATLO, and customers; requires strong leadership, cost/schedule control, and a U.S. security clearance eligibility. Level 4 focus.

Qualifications

• ABET or equivalent education and 9+ years of related work or equivalent mix of education and experience.
• Proficient with Jira, MS Excel, Word, Project, and PowerPoint.
• Experience leading engineering or manufacturing teams.
• Experience with Wire Harness Product Lifecycle.
• Ability to obtain US security clearance; US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Program Management Offices to understand and prioritize deliverable hardware.
• Drive day-to-day team execution and upcoming milestone completion across functions.
• Manage scope, planning, cost estimates, schedules, and risk assessment throughout the program.
• Update LRE planners, schedules and provide EVM inputs with variance analysis.
• Develop and maintain historical cost/schedule data for baselines.
• Work with Production Scheduling to meet hardware build needs in shared spaces.
• Develop a product roadmap and manage technical changes to deliverables.
• Represent control accounts as technical authority and performance manager.
• Track TPMs and identify issues early; resolve to keep progress on track.
• Close DRs with engineering teams to maintain manufacturing flow.
• Status key deliverables to management, customers, and stakeholders.

Skills

Jira

MS Excel

Word

Project

PowerPoint

Leadership

Wire Harness lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree (Engineering or related)

Tools

Confluence

Job description

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.

Millennium Space Systems, a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), is a fast, agile small satellite company focused on national security space. Our missions have direct impact to global security, like missile warning and Earth observation.

Our team is curious, bold and innovative. We take risks, innovate and explore new techniques and technologies. We influence change because we challenge the status quo. And when we watch our satellites launch, we know each one of us made it happen.

As a Product Owner - Manufacturing Harness, you will collaboratively manage the schedule, budget, and technical oversight of subsystem deliverables for assigned control accounts to one or many programs. You will be empowered to and responsible for driving the team execution for delivering quality hardware against program delivery dates, optimizing production capacity and improving designs and manufacturability to meet required manufacturing rates. The position will require working with company and program management, multiple engineering teams, production, ATLO (Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations), and our Customers to deliver qualified subsystem components on time and on budget.

Our team is currently hiring for level 4.

Position Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with Program Management Offices (including MPMs) to understand and prioritize deliverable hardware

• Drive team execution (day to day) and execution of upcoming milestones, thru facilitation of all functions in the flow from demand entry, procurement through delivery

• Manage technical project scope, planning, proposals, cost estimates, schedules, cost performance, Estimates at Completion (EAC), Risk assessment throughout the program lifecycle

• Update program LRE (Latest Revised Estimate) planners, schedules, and provide Earned Value Management inputs, including variance analysis and corrective action planning

• Develop and maintain a historical data set for cost and schedule projections providing inputs to program delivery Baselines

• Work closely with Production Scheduling function to ensure hardware build schedules in shared production areas meet program needs

• Develop a product roadmap that aligns with the Companies long range business plans and work with Engineering to identify, authorize and manage technical changes to deliverable unit designs to meet those plans

• Represent control account(s) as a recognized technical authority and performance manager

• Track and update key subsystem TPMs (Technical Performance Metrics)

• Identify issues and risks early, proactively resolve issues that impede program progress, obtain assistance when needed to allow design staff to concentrate on their work products

• Track/Manage subsystem DRs (Discrepancy Reports) and work with respective engineering teams to close out any open DRs in a timely fashion to keep MFG floor work moving

• Status key subsystem deliverables to program management, customers, and other stakeholders

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications. In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard

• Experience with Jira, MS Excel, Word, Project, and PowerPoint

• Experience leading engineering and/or manufacturing teams and personnel

• Experience with Wire Harness Product Lifecycle

• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. GovernmentrequiresU.S. Citizenship. A U.S. Security Clearance Post-Start isrequired

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Project Leadership experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skill

• Experience with Harness Design

• Experience with PCB Design

• Experience using tools and metrics in managing activities

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Computer, Electrical, Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or Electronic Design

• Understanding of execution methodologies (waterfall, agile, etc) and the ability to tailor them based on program needs

• Demonstrate the ability to balance the needs of multiple programs and stakeholders in a resource and schedule constrained environment

• Ability to determine and proactively act on program execution trends

• Knowledge of satellite systems and components

• Experience with Confluence

• Active TS/SCI Clearance

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process

Drug Free Workplace:

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) 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.

Total Rewards:

At Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, 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.

Millennium Space Systems 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: Level 4: $146,200 - $215,000

Millennium is DDTC-registered, ITAR-compliant Company. This position is located at a facility that requires special access. Applicants MUST be U.S. citizens and eligible for a security clearance. Additionally, applicants must be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance. We encourage all interested candidates to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified.

Category = Engineering

Export Control Requirements:

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. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

US based job, US Person required

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

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. Top Secret/SCI 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.