Engineering Business Process Improvement Manager

About the role

The Engineering Excellence role supports the advancement of process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives across engineering disciplines at Saab, Inc. This role reports to the Director of Engineering Excellence and works across multiple engineering disciplines, with different levels of leadership, and varying levels of engineers.

Responsibilities

• Identify and execute improvements in engineering processes, workflows, tools, and training.
• Support development and implementation of metrics and KPIs across multiple engineering disciplines, establishing a foundational framework for collection and reporting.
• Facilitate cross-discipline collaboration among engineering teams with a focus on compliance, process improvement, resource utilization, and competency development.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and engineering best practices across all levels of the organization.
• Partner closely with training owners to inform design and execution of engineering learning & development initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on process improvement, operational excellence, or engineering excellence.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering and system development lifecycles.
• Proven experience establishing metrics/KPI frameworks, gathering/collections processes, reporting frameworks, specific for engineering data.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with industry standard toolsets; Jira, Confluence, Requirements Management applications, SYSML/UML (Cameo/MagicDraw preferred), PowerBI, etc.

Qualifications

• Six Sigma Black Belt Certification.
• U.S. Citizenship.

Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on process improvement, operational excellence, or engineering excellence.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering and system development lifecycles.
• Proven experience establishing metrics/KPI frameworks, gathering/collections processes, reporting frameworks, specific for engineering data.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with industry standard toolsets; Jira, Confluence, Requirements Management applications, SYSML/UML (Cameo/MagicDraw preferred), PowerBI, etc.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance for employees and dependents.
• Generous paid time off, including 8 designated holidays.
• 401(k) with employer contributions.
• Tuition assistance and student loan assistance.
• Wellness and employee assistance resources.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.

Pay

Compensation Range: $132,000 - $171,600

Schedule

Travel (25-50%) to our sites will be required.