The Boeing Technical Fellowship program is a highly selective technical leadership career path[1][2] at The Boeing Company, similar in nature to the IBM Fellows program.
Established in 1989, the role of the engineers and scientists serving as Technical Fellows is to set technical direction for Boeing, and to resolve issues that arise when the company creates new products.
[4] Election into the Technical Fellowship follows a formal process.
Prospective Technical Fellows are nominated by management, and evaluated by the program based on five criteria:[1] If the candidate shows strength in these areas, the candidate is then interviewed by a board.
As a result of the vetting process, the program includes only approximately 1.5% of Boeing’s workforce and represents “some of the best engineering and scientific minds at Boeing and in the industry.”[1]