Manufacturing Manager - 2nd Shift - Millennium Space Systems

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · El Segundo, CA

Boeing is seeking a Manufacturing Manager for their Millennium Space Systems division, focusing on the production of low earth orbit satellites. The role involves overseeing manufacturing and assembly, ensuring design for manufacturability, continuous improvement, and delivering space-grade hardware at high rate and low cost. Key responsibilities include team leadership, mentorship, process improvement, cross-functional collaboration, and leveraging data to improve manufacturing metrics (safety, quality, delivery, cost). The position requires leadership experience and manufacturing experience, with a preference for aerospace industry experience. A security clearance is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as the primary point of support for the manufacturing technician team
  2. Provide mentorship and guidance to each member of the team via both frequent 1:1s and formal performance review periods
  3. Establish career development plans and foster individual growth to unlock each member's maximum potential and facilitate their desired career trajectory
  4. Advocate for the team and cultivate an environment where they can be successful
  5. Manage communication within the team by providing context/rationale for higher level decisions

Skills

Required

  • 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"
  • 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Experience working with various manufacturing execution systems
  • ability to obtain a US Security Clearance
  • US Citizenship

Nice to have

  • Experience in the aerospace industry
  • Proficiency with PC Applications, especially Excel
  • Excellent written and Verbal Communications
  • Associate's degree (or equivalent) in business
  • Demonstrated ability to aggregate, visualize, and analyze data to make informed decisions (i.e. SQL, Excel, PowerBI, etc.)
  • Familiarity with PCBA manufacturing, electromechanical assembly, propulsion production, mechanisms fabrication, or structures build
  • Demonstrated ability to scale manufacturing rate capability

What the JD emphasized

  • Requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship