Flight Manager
Content + Source + Freshness • 16 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
The position offers a prominent role in a leading aerospace company with strong salary potential and significant career advancement opportunities.
- High salary: $198,900 - $269,100/year
- Leading position in a reputable aerospace company
- Significant responsibilities with strategic input opportunities
Pros
- High salary range ($198,900 - $269,100/year) reflecting seniority and expertise required
- Opportunity to lead a team in a respected global organization
- Involvement in cutting-edge flight technologies and strategies
Cons
- Requires extensive experience (10+ years) and a Top-Secret clearance
- Possibly high-pressure environment given the responsibilities
- Limited scope for remote work opportunities
Who it's for
Senior / Lead • On-site with potential for travel
Good fit
- Senior flight engineers or managers
- Candidates interested in advanced aerospace technologies
- Professionals wanting to lead within a robust organization
Not recommended for
- Those lacking substantial flight engineering experience
- People seeking remote work without on-site commitments
- Candidates uncomfortable with high-security requirements
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
• Manages a team of Flight engineers
• Works with Chief Engineers to develop strategy for Flight Technologies and tools across Phantom Works
• Coordinates Flight work among various disciplines and locations to assure consistent Phantom Works Support by Flight aligned engineering
• Develops budgets and plans, executes integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provides input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, objectives
• Proposes new work
• Interfaces with program management, customers and vendor personnel
• Evaluates vendor proposals and manage contracted work
• Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in a Flight engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience leading teams
- Ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance
- Experience with Boeing military programs and processes
- Experience developing and administering budgets, schedules and performance standards
- Prior oversight of technical effort of medium sized or multi-skill teams
- Mentoring or technical lead engineer experience.
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Hard Skills
- Flight engineering
- Budget development
- Technical oversight
- Program management
- Vendor management
- Technical proposal evaluation
- Performance standards administration
- Team leadership
- Mentoring
- Engineering disciplines
Soft Skills
- Strategic development
- Coordination
- Interpersonal communication
- Collaboration
- Decision making
- Problem solving
- Leadership
- Organizational skills
- Technical guidance
- Stakeholder engagement
Certifications & Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree
- Top-Secret clearance
