Engineering Senior Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Wichita, Kansas, United States; 2nd Shift

Salary: $142,500–$218,500 per year

Company

hirify.global, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, designs and builds commercial aerostructures including fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components using composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

What you will do

• Lead and manage the 2nd Shift Engineering team supporting manufacturing, assembly, quality, and operations across the site.
• Provide strategic and technical leadership for nonconforming conditions, production issues, and engineering deviations.
• Ensure engineering decisions comply with engineering requirements, regulatory standards, and company procedures.
• Set priorities and allocate engineering resources for production schedules, recovery activities, emergent manufacturing issues, and critical program milestones.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Design Engineering, Stress Engineering, Materials & Processes, Supply Chain, and Program leadership to develop technically sound and producible solutions.
• Drive timely engineering responses to reduce production disruption, traveled work, recurring defects, and schedule impacts.

Requirements

• Availability for 2nd Shift is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field from an ABET-accredited engineering program or equivalent international accreditation.
• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including strong presentation skills.
• Strong emotional intelligence and professional presence when working with company executives.

Nice to have

• Master’s or Doctor of Science degree in science, engineering, or a related field from an ABET-accredited program or equivalent international accreditation.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience with new programs.
• A network across the aerospace and defense industry.
• Experience collaborating with executive-level managers and managing complex engineering designs.
• Experience with Program Management Best Practices, including Risk, Issue, and Opportunity Management, Enterprise Standard Gated Process, and Baseline Management.

Culture & Benefits

• Drug-free workplace with post-offer testing when applicable under company policies.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away programs.
• Benefits and program availability may vary by eligibility, geographic location, date of hire, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Eligible Kansas employees may qualify for a $5,000 state aviation tax credit for up to five years.