BOEING Hiring for Engineering Manager – Product Incubation and Application Modernization at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

Engineering Manager – BIE Software – Product Incubation and Application Modernization

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Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) is based in Bangalore, India and is engaged in the development of advanced aerospace and aviation technologies and software products.

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Position Overview:

We have an immediate opening for an experienced Engineering Manager in the Product Incubation and Application Modernization portfolio. This position would report to the Senior Manager of the BIE Software group within BIETC and work closely with stakeholders across the globe

Position Responsibilities:

Manages employees performing engineering and technical activities in the area of Software Engineering. Develops and executes project and process plans, implements policies and procedures and sets operational goals. Acquires resources for projects and processes, provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements.
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.
Obtains and manages facilities, services, equipment, and tools to meet project and daily operating requirements. Acquires, deploys and schedules personnel to meet project and operational objectives. Reviews, approves and implements facility, equipment and service plans to maximize productivity and ensure safety, security, environmental and regulatory compliance. Coordinates with providers to achieve timely delivery of resources.
Works with senior leaders to 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. Recognizes contributions of individuals and teams to improve employee satisfaction and retain a skilled and motivated workforce. Enforces company rules and policies regarding ethical behavior, safety, security, use of company property, time charging, etc.
Provides direction and guidance to others regarding approved processes, tools, technology and skills for own projects or processes. Communicates the development processes (including Iterative and Agile) to employees, as well as the role of the software and system engineers in these processes. Ensures workgroup products or processes meet customer, company, quality, industry and regulatory requirements. Provides approval of workgroup technical approaches, products and processes.
Develops workgroup, project or operational goals, objectives and related metrics to ensure alignment with Company vision/strategy. Measures progress, making adjustments as needed. Holds direct reports accountable for achieving goals.
Achieves goals set for productivity, quality and customer satisfaction.
Conveys organizational messages to facilitate the accomplishment of workgroup, project or process goals.
Proactively communicates with employees, peers and customers. Communicates policies and directives to enhance employee awareness of expectations.
This position will establish partnerships, maintain relationships with internal customers, peers, and partners to execute strategies, goals and objectives that are consistent with the BGS organization strategy. The position will be pivotal in creating and maintaining relationships with the global stakeholders and working closely with those stakeholders in planning and forecasting activities of the team as well as reporting requirements from stakeholders.
This position will also provide periodic updates to senior management in the form of progress reports, project summaries, and other related documents.
This position will potentially represent Boeing in interactions with senior leaders from Indian Industry, academia, Indian Government organizations, and Boeing’s partners in India.
This position will support initiatives of BIETC related to employee development, customer engagement, strategic relations, Government interactions, etc.
This position will require some travel within India and internationally.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

Past experience leading technical software development teams of 15 or more.
Technical and Project Management skills to lead a diverse team consisting of Boeing personnel and partners to build and deliver quality software products on schedule and within budget.
Past work experience related to Aerospace / Aviation domain.
Entrepreneurial mindset with past experience in driving innovation and product enhancements.
Skilled in advising and mentoring staff members to meet schedules or resolve technical or operational challenges.
Ability to understand and communicate with technical experts over a wide range of technical topics.
Knowledge of policies and procedures that typically affect individual subordinate employees, skills and abilities required by subordinate employees to accomplish organizational responsibilities.
Ability to clearly direct software engineering activities to employees to help ensure project success.
Skilled in advising a unit regarding tasks, projects and operations.
Must be results-driven and have a strong bottom-line orientation.
Ability to build and sustain strong professional relationship with internal and external stakeholders
Proficient in software development lifecycle and agile methodology
Skilled in coaching and mentoring staff members to meet schedules or resolve technical or operational challenges
Teamwork is important in this position; individual must have strong teambuilding skills. Must have demonstrated ability to accomplish results through direct reports, colleagues in other parts of Boeing, and partners, even when they are not direct reports. Ability to work well on virtual teams across multiple time-zones.
Must be flexible, with a high tolerance for organizational complexity and ability to work with partners from within Boeing and outside.
Strategic thinking and execution – must be able to develop comprehensive product and customer intelligence / knowledge, and communicate with appropriate stakeholders, identify capacity/capability to perform current and projected engineering work statement and research, conduct any partner / supplier evaluations and assessments regarding their ability to perform these activities.
Communication – strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to prepare comprehensive reports, proposals, Statements of Work, and connect technology to business considerations (e.g., ROI). Candidate must be fluent in English, and have expertise in using MS Office tools.
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.
Must be able to mentor team members and partners to accomplish project and departmental goals and objectives.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Typical Education & Experience:

12 to 15 years of experience with at least last 3 years as a people manager.
Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Mathematics, or Engineering is required and Master’s degree is preferred. A post graduate degree in management would be a plus.
Candidates with experience in Aviation domain will be highly preferred.
Experience working in a global organization is preferred.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in India. Boeing will not seek immigration and labor sponsorship for any applicants; this is the responsibility of the job candidate. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of Boeing U.S.-based payroll.

Relocation:

RELOCATION BENEFITS IF INDICATED ARE LIMITED TO IN-COUNTRY MOVES AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR OVERSEAS RELOCATION. THERE IS NO EXPATRIATE PACKAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS POSITION.

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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.