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Hardware Engineering Manager

Boeing · El Segundo, CA

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Level
Manager
Team
Manufacturing
Base pay
$151k–$205k
Travel
10%
Degree
Required
Experience asked
3+ years
Industry
Aerospace & defense
Posted
Today

The role in 30 seconds

A management manufacturing role at Boeing (aerospace & defense) in El Segundo, CA. As one of the world’s leading aerospace companies, The Boeing Company is committed to designing, developing, and delivering advanced products and capabilities that support commercial aviation, national defense, human space exploration, and satellite.

They ask for
3+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
Base pay
$151k–$205k
Day to day
about 10% travel

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026

Manufacturing Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $111k–$165k. This one lists $151k–$205k.

Median of the low and high ends of 131 live postings that list pay, out of 359 manufacturing engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 358 other live manufacturing postings in California.

Base pay
About 36% above similar roles

Typical $109k–$153k, from 115 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Tooling 52%
  • New product launch 50%
  • Root cause 38%
  • Automation 35%
  • CATIA / NX 28%
  • Machining 27%

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Responsibilities

  • ◆Lead, mentor, and develop a team of electrical, electronics, RF, mechanical, and power system engineers
  • ◆Provide technical direction and ensure disciplined execution of hardware development activities
  • ◆Plan staffing, assign work, and balance engineering resources across concurrent program efforts
  • ◆Establish and maintain engineering processes, standards, and best practices
  • ◆Support senior technical leaders and senior managers throughout the hardware development lifecycles, including:

Requirements

definition

  • ✓Architecture and design
  • ✓Modeling and analysis
  • ✓Circuit and board-level development
  • ✓RF and power system design
  • ✓Prototyping and integration
  • ✓Verification, validation, and qualification
  • ✓Production transition and sustainment
  • ✓Review technical proposals, designs, analyses, test plans, and engineering documentation
  • ✓Promote robust design practices, including design for manufacturability, reliability, maintainability, safety, and testability
  • ✓Coordinate cross-functional technical decisions with systems, software, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, and supply-chain organizations
  • ✓Support hiring, workforce planning, performance management, and succession planning
  • ✓Foster a culture of engineering excellence, inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement
  • ✓Communicate status, risks, opportunities, issues and recommendations clearly to senior leadership and program stakeholders
  • ✓Ensure compliance with applicable company procedures, industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer commitments

(Required Skills/Experience)

  • ✓This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required
  • ✓Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent

qualifications

directly related to the work statement

  • ✓Candidates must have 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”
  • ✓3+ years of experience with radio frequency (RF), modems, wireless, and advanced communications systems
  • ✓3+ years of experience with bus and payload systems, power engineering, or Special Test Equipment (STEs)
  • ✓3+ years of experience working with test systems development projects for satellite or space-based communication programs
  • ✓Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, test, program office, and support organizations
  • ✓Willing and able to travel 10% of the time domestically and internationally

(Desired Skills/Experience)

  • ✓Active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
  • ✓5+ years of experience as a Lead Hardware Engineer and/or in a leadership role
  • ✓Experience leading a multidisciplinary hardware engineering team
  • ✓Experience leading or supporting the development of test systems, STEs, for aerospace
  • ✓Experience with Project Manag
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Hardware Engineering Manager

Company

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is seeking a highly motivated Hardware Engineering Manager to lead the development and sustainment of Special Test Equipment (STE) in El Segundo, CA , supporting Boeing Test & Evaluation (BT&E) Space Mission Systems (SMS) programs.

As one of the world’s leading aerospace companies, The Boeing Company is committed to designing, developing, and delivering advanced products and capabilities that support commercial aviation, national defense, human space exploration, and satellite communications. Joining Boeing provides an opportunity to contribute to complex, mission-critical systems while working alongside talented engineers, technical leaders, and industry experts who are shaping the future of aerospace.

The selected candidate will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for the development, integration, verification, and sustainment of Bus and Payload Test Systems supporting aerospace and space-based communication programs. The team includes electrical, electronics, RF, mechanical, and power engineering expertise.

As the Hardware Engineering Manager, this leader will be responsible for employee development, team building, workforce planning, engineering execution, and continuous process improvement. The manager will partner with senior managers, senior engineers, program leadership, and cross-functional organizations to deliver high-quality test systems on schedule and within budget while improving first-time quality and reducing rework.

Position

Success measures

  • •Strong employee engagement, retention, and professional development
  • •Measurable improvements in engineering processes, productivity, product/technical quality
  • •Reduction in engineering rework and nonconformances
  • •Measurable improvements in engineering processes, productivity, and product/technical quality and reduced rework
  • •Successful completion of design reviews, verification activities, and production transitions
  • •Clear identification and mitigation of technical and program risks
  • •Consistent compliance with engineering processes, quality requirements, and customer expectations
  • •Strong stakeholder satisfaction and clear alignment between engineering outputs and business objectives

Boeing First-Line Leader Assessment: To be considered for this position, you will be required to complete an assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite in El Segundo, CA.

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