Senior Integrated Product Team Lead - Spacecraft Integration & Test

Boeing; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Boeing in El Segundo, California, is seeking a Senior Integrated Product Team Lead for Spacecraft Integration & Test to guide cross-functional teams through integration and testing of spacecraft hardware.

You will own cost, schedule, technical performance, and risk, run program reviews, align with operations and engineering, and drive lean implementation while ensuring gate closures meet contract requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) required.
• 5+ years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years’ experience working in ambiguous and fast changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional Integrated Product Teams supporting spacecraft integration and test activities.
• Own cost, schedule, technical performance, and risk management for product development and delivery.
• Conduct daily program meetings and customer briefings to ensure alignment on objectives, priorities, and deliverables.
• Monitor performance to plan, lead variance analysis, and drive recovery planning.
• Lead program-level issue and change control boards and ensure gate closures meet requirements.

Skills

Space hardware experience

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

EVM (Earned Value Management)

PMBP (Project Management Best Practices)

PMP Certification

Job description

Senior Integrated Product Team Lead - Spacecraft Integration & Test

The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) / Space Mission Systems (SMS) Organization has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Integrated Product Team Lead - Spacecraft Integration & Test to join our Common Products team in El Segundo, California.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional Integrated Product Teams supporting spacecraft integration and test activities.
• Own cost, schedule, technical performance, and risk management for product development and delivery.
• Conduct daily program meetings and customer briefings to ensure alignment on objectives, priorities, and deliverables.
• Integrate program schedules with resource plans and lead Skyline, Production Control Board, and Integrated Production Review Board forums to resolve resource conflicts.
• Oversee constraints, capacity, mitigation plans, and capital board requests.
• Define project scope and decompose work into finite earned value packages in accordance with program and contract requirements.
• Monitor performance to plan, lead variance analysis, and drive recovery planning.
• Facilitate quarterly EAC updates and executive management reviews.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to mitigate risks, capture opportunities, and advance lean implementation.
• Lead program-level issue and change control boards, including ERB, CCB, FRB, and MRB, and ensure gate closures comply with command media and program requirements.
• Summarize cost and schedule performance to support affordability metrics and future business capture efforts.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
• 3+ years’ experience working with space hardware
• 5+ years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment
• 5+ years’ experience working in ambiguous and fast changing environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Active US TS/SCI clearance
• Experience in a leadership role, leading teams or projects to successful completion
• Experience as a CAM (cost account manager) using EVM (earned value management)
• Experience managing projects and utilizing standard project management tools and with Project Management Best Practices (PMBP)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certificate or equivalent
• Experience working with Spacecraft Assembly Integration & Test (S/C AI&T)
• Experience working with Satellites Payload Layout Design

Conflict of Interest

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

Travel

This position may require travel up to 10% of the time.

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.

Total Rewards

• 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.
• Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• The Boeing 401(k) helps you save for your future, with contributions from Boeing that can help you grow your retirement savings.
• Best in class 401(k) plan: we'll match your contributions dollar for dollar, up to 10% of eligible pay with immediate 100% vesting.
• Student Loan Match: The Boeing 401(k) Student Loan Match allows eligible enrolled U.S. employees to have their qualified student loan debt payments counted, along with any match-eligible contributions they make, for purposes of determining the Company Match to employees' Boeing 401(k) accounts.
• Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
• Summary pay range: Level 4:$126,650 - $171,350
• Level 5: $156,400 - $211,600

Location

El Segundo, California.

Contract

Position is considered 100% onsite.

Shift

Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Safety Sensitive

This is not a Safety Sensitive 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.

Export Control Requirement

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.

Equal Opportunity

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.

Company Culture

Boeing is committed to protecting, connecting and exploring our world and beyond, safely and sustainably. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity and inclusion are shared values.

We’re committed to fostering an environment that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive of every teammate, with great opportunity for professional growth.

Find your future with us.