Company overview
- Sector
- Automotive & Transportation Equipment
- Sub-sector
- Aviation & Aerospace
- Mandate (derived)
- Technology & Engineering
- Parent headquarters
- Arlington, Virginia, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $89,500,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 78,701
- India headcount
- 1,500+
GCC locations
- Bengaluru
- Chennai
GCC notes
Aerospace engineering, simulation and digital twin development
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .GIS
- .NET
- 24-7 Media
- 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
- 3M 360 Encompass - Health Analytics Suite
- AAHA Accredited
- ABAP
- ABB Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
- ABB Oil
- gas and petrochemical operations management software
- ABB Robotics
- AC500 PLC
- ACL
- ADAPT
- ADEBiS
Public leadership
Nikhil Joshi
Managing Director, Boeing Defence India
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Key roles
Aerospace Engineers; Software Engineers (Avionics/Simulation); Data Scientists; Systems Engineers; CAE Analysts
Research overview
The Boeing Company is a U.S.-headquartered aerospace, defense, and services manufacturer (on-file revenue ~$89.5B; on-file global headcount 78,701). Boeing has operated in India for 80+ years and organizes its India presence into three units: Boeing Defence India (BDI, a wholly owned subsidiary established 2017), the Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) in Bengaluru, and Boeing Commercial Airplanes India (HQ Gurugram). Overall India leadership sits with Salil Gupte, President, Boeing India & South Asia.
- India launch
- Not disclosed
- Maturity
- Innovation & R&D Hub
BIETC's stated mandate is aerospace engineering, simulation, and digital-twin development, with a dedicated 'Chief Engineer, Boeing India' role (held by Stacie Sire since April 2025) - characteristic of an engineering/R&D center rather than a back-office shared-services operation. The 43-acre, $200M campus is described by Boeing as its largest engineering facility outside the U.S. Recent addition of India/South-Asia-level CIO and HR ED leadership (2025) suggests broadening toward multi-function scope, but core value proposition remains engineering/R&D.
Location rationale
Not independently confirmed via a sourced Boeing statement. Bengaluru (with a supporting Chennai workforce) is a well-established Indian aerospace/engineering hub (HAL, ISRO, IISc, and numerous peer aerospace/engineering GCCs are based there), consistent with BIETC's stated engineering, simulation, and digital-twin mandate.
Timeline
- 2017
Boeing Defence India (BDI) established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing
- 2017-09-22
Boeing inaugurates the second phase of its aerospace engineering facility in Bengaluru - implying an earlier first-phase facility already existed, though its opening date could not be verified this session
- 2023-06-23
Around PM Modi's U.S. visit, Boeing publicly cites more than 5,000 employees in India and 80 years of India partnership; Air India order for up to 290 jets finalized the same week
- 2024-08-28
Inauguration of BIETC Building 2 ("BIETC B2") on the Bengaluru campus
- 2025-04-22
Boeing names Stacie Sire VP & Managing Director, Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center, and Chief Engineer, Boeing India
- 2025-06-04
Shashank Jha appointed head of digital technology and Chief Information Officer for Boeing India
- 2025-11-06
Sarma Chillara named Executive Director, Human Resources for Boeing India and South Asia
Leadership context
On-file entry lists Nikhil Joshi, Managing Director, Boeing Defence India - confirmed accurate via boeing.co.in, but Boeing Defence India is Boeing's defense-programs subsidiary (established 2017), distinct from the Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC), the engineering/GCC-type operation this profile concerns. BIETC's confirmed leader is Stacie Sire, VP & Managing Director, BIETC, and Chief Engineer, Boeing India, per a Boeing India newsroom item dated 2025-04-22. Boeing's overall India & South Asia country leader is Salil Gupte, President, Boeing India & South Asia.
Real estate
BIETC's Bengaluru campus is a 43-acre site with a stated $200M Boeing investment, described by Boeing as the largest Boeing facility of its kind outside the United States; workforce split between Bengaluru and a supporting Chennai presence. Second construction phase inaugurated 2017-09-22, and a further building phase (BIETC B2) inaugurated 2024-08-28.
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- Not disclosed
- As of
- 2026-08-26
News and developments
Boeing Names Stacie Sire VP & MD, Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center; Chief Engineer, Boeing India
Boeing appointed Stacie Sire as VP & Managing Director of BIETC and Chief Engineer for Boeing India, making her the top engineering/technology-center leader for Boeing's India operations.
2025-04-22 Boeing India Newsroom ↗
Shashank Jha named head of digital technology and CIO, Boeing India
Boeing appointed Shashank Jha to lead digital technology as Chief Information Officer for its India operations.
2025-06-04 Boeing India Newsroom ↗
Sarma Chillara named Executive Director, Human Resources for Boeing India and South Asia
Boeing named Sarma Chillara as Executive Director of HR covering its India and South Asia operations.
2025-11-06 Boeing India Newsroom ↗
Boeing and Wilton Weavers partner on aerospace skills training; Air India orders 30 737 MAX jets
Boeing announced an aerospace skills-training partnership with Wilton Weavers alongside an Air India order for 30 additional 737 MAX aircraft.
2026-01-29 Boeing India Newsroom ↗
Boeing India announces winners of University Innovation Leadership Development Program
Boeing India announced the winning teams of its university-focused innovation leadership development program.
2026-06-08 Boeing India Newsroom ↗
Sources
Sources and research notes
Source: Indian GCC 2026 Master Compendium, Company Master and research records. Sector, mandate and public leadership are derived fields. Missing values are shown as not disclosed. Revenue and global headcount describe the parent company, not the India centre.