Senior Supplier Quality Engineer - Tooling & Digital Product Definition (DPD) [CAMS/CAD/CAI]
Associate Technical Fellow (ATF) – 3D Metrology and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
Boeing Designated Expert (BDE) - Engineering Verification Requirements / Inspection Automation & Machining Learning (ML)
Certify CMSC Professional Metrologists
Francesco Savelli is an Associate Technical Fellow in 3D Measurement/Metrology and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), and a Boeing Designated Expert in Inspection Automation and Machine Learning. He currently serves as a Senior Quality Engineer within Boeing Commercial Airplanes Supplier Quality Technical Functional Excellence, supporting Tooling and Digital Product Definition (DPD), including CAMS/CAD/CAI processes, across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions.
Based in Italy, Francesco holds a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering with a specialization in major structures. He brings more than 20 years of aerospace engineering and quality experience, with extensive work in supplier management, dimensional inspection, composite qualification, production readiness, corrective action, and manufacturing process improvement. Since joining Boeing in 2008, he has supported multiple Boeing Commercial Airplanes programs and global suppliers, helping connect engineering design intent with practical manufacturing and inspection execution.
Francesco’s technical focus is the integration of metrology, GD&T, and digital product definition into robust manufacturing and inspection systems. His work emphasizes facts, data, configuration management, standard measurement practices, reliable datum strategies, automated inspection methods, and GD&T-based data analysis to improve product quality, reduce variation, and support right-first-time production.
His experience includes advanced three-dimensional measurement technologies such as laser trackers, portable coordinate measuring arms, film and digital photogrammetry, and laser radar systems. He also supports DPD audits and assessments to verify that product definition data remain accurate, controlled, and usable as they move from design through manufacturing, inspection, and downstream quality processes.
Prior to his current role, Francesco served in Boeing Supplier Quality technical integration roles supporting suppliers throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2014, he was selected for Boeing’s Supplier Quality International Rotational Program and relocated to the United States to support the Boeing South Carolina 787 production line as a 787 Supplier Quality Factory Interface Manager, coordinating corrective action and integration activities between final assembly and major 787 partners, including Leonardo. He was also nominated for an Engineering Excellence Team Award in 2019.
Francesco is an active member of the Coordinate Metrology Society and continues to contribute to the advancement of aerospace metrology practices, with a professional mission to align design intent, measurement strategy, and manufacturing execution through disciplined GD&T application, reliable digital product definition, and effective use of advanced measurement technologies.
