Senior Manager Engineering, Commercial Modifications

About the role

Boeing's Commercial Modifications Europe Team delivers aircraft retrofit solutions for commercial aviation customers, operating under an EASA Part 21J Design Organisation Approval. It is expanding its senior engineering and airworthiness team and is looking for an experienced leader to develop the team's capabilities, ensure technical governance, regulatory compliance and engineering excellence for the Connectivity, SIT and Interiors programmes. The role supports the Commercial Modifications Europe Chief Engineer and Head of Design Organisation and provides functional leadership to senior engineering staff and key design assurance personnel.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and give functional direction to the Chief Electrical, Chief Payloads, Chief Systems and Chief Structures Engineers
• Support the Design Organisation Approval management staff, Deputy COA and Deputy HDOM
• Maintain and improve the organisational framework for compliance, technical excellence and engineering governance
• Ensure the quality framework is harmonised and implemented across all sites
• Coach and guide senior engineers and support staff, and oversee engineering standards and processes
• Act as a key escalation point for technical, compliance and organisational issues
• Work with programme, certification and operational stakeholders and drive continuous improvement

Required profile

• At least 10 years of experience in aerospace engineering
• At least 5 years of leadership experience, including senior engineering or technical teams
• Bachelor's degree or higher in aerospace engineering, another safety-critical discipline or a comparable field
• Experience in a Design Organisation Approval environment, design assurance, airworthiness and engineering compliance
• Experience supporting complex aerospace programmes and driving engineering governance
• Chartered Engineer status or equivalent is desirable

What we offer

• Competitive salary and annual incentive plans
• Adoption and parental leave, 25 days plus public holidays and a winter break (Ireland); 23 days plus UK public holidays (UK)
• Pension plan with up to 10% employer contribution
• Medical plan, long-term sickness pay and life insurance
• Learning Together programme and well-being support
• In Germany: 32 vacation days, meal and transport allowance, global travel and medical coverage, and study funding