First-Line Test & Evaluation Engineering Manager – Metrology & Test Equipment Services

Overview

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The Boeing Company is looking for a First-Line Test & Evaluation Engineering Manager — Metrology & Test Equipment Services to join our team in New Orleans, LA. This is a distributed responsibilities position based in Michoud, LA with management oversite of individual contributors located at Michoud, LA, Kennedy Space Center, FL, and Jacksonville, FL.

Metrology and Test Equipment Services (MATES) provides a full spectrum of test asset and metrology services and support for internal customers and products through all phases of the product lifecycle. MATES is part of Boeing Test & Evaluation. Services include: test asset selection and use, acquisition, allocation, resource and lifecycle management, calibration/certification for over 45,000 dimensional/optics, electrical/electronic and mechanical/physical measurement and test assets, sourcing management, measurement solutions, repair & maintenance and specialized test services.

MATES is comprised of engineers, technicians and administrative personnel who support Boeing programs, business units and external/government customers by providing best value test asset management and metrology services through all phases of the product lifecycle. We are responsible and accountable to meet or exceed the safety, quality, cost, and delivery performance expectations established in customer negotiated service agreements.

What is metrology? Metrology is the science of measurement. It establishes an unbroken chain of traceability for the measurement & test equipment (M&TE) on the factory floor or in the lab, allowing it to be referenced to higher levels of measurements back to the original definition of the international system of units (SI Units). Boeing relies on traceable M&TE to ensure that our manufacturing processes, research & technology, and test & evaluation activities are repeatable and reproducible.

• Lead a team of metrology engineers, technicians, and test asset management focal(s) as a part of Metrology and Test Equipment Services (MATES)
• Work closely with business partners, space, & defense programs, and MATES leadership team
• Provide lab oversight and approval of technical approaches
• Respond to production and customer related issues
• Lead initiatives to influence cross-functional improvements
• Actively manage lab operations using established Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery metrics
• Responsible for coaching, counseling, mentoring and providing developmental opportunities and job assignments to enhance employee performance and expand capabilities

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• 3+ years of experience managing projects
• Experience leading teams in a formal and/or informal leadership role
• Experience with Metrology
• Experience building strong business partner relationships
• Willing to travel domestically as needed

• Experience working within international quality standards. Experience with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is HIGHLY desired
• Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
• 3+ years of experience in quality, lab test, or metrology
• 3+ years of quality or lab management experience
• 3+ years of experience in collaborative problem solving and building lasting relationships & proficiency in written and verbal communication

Boeing 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.

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