Combat Survivor Evader Locater (CSEL) Systems Engineer (Experienced or Lead)

Boeing • Huntington Beach, CA

1d • $119,850 - $197,800 • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company’s Defense, Space & Security Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems organization is seeking an Experienced or Lead Systems Engineer to join the CSEL Contractor Logistics Support Systems Engineering team in Huntington Beach, California. The team supports Boeing’s CSEL Program, described as the world’s premier search and rescue system.

The engineer will design, support, and maintain ground-based infrastructure, including systems and hardware involving RF, baseband, GPS, networking, and computing devices. The role integrates and coordinates system and hardware changes arising from design updates, obsolescence, and software improvements. It serves as a focal point for designing, troubleshooting, and maintaining CSEL infrastructure worldwide, with responsibility for systems thinking, requirements design, creative problem solving, and tactical cross-IPT coordination. The engineer works closely with network and software engineers and cybersecurity and product security teammates, supporting customer success throughout the design lifecycle.

The position is expected to be 100% onsite at the listed location. A U.S. Security Clearance must be obtainable; an interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance is required after starting. The role also requires a U.S. Person for export-control compliance, and Boeing will not sponsor employment visas. Relocation may be available based on candidate eligibility. The position is not contingent upon a program award and is not safety sensitive.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or a directly related non-U.S. equivalent qualification.
• At least 3 years of experience working with hardware systems.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government for clearance eligibility, and an interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance is required after starting.
• Must be a U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 to meet U.S. export-control compliance requirements.
• Must work onsite 100% at the listed location.
• For the Lead level (Level 4), 5 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Military program experience.
• Cybersecurity experience, including SIPRNet, C2C, Zero Trust, ESS, and Auto-Remediation.
• Experience with product security toolsets, including ACAS, Trellix, Splunk, and Forescout.
• Experience working within a matrixed reporting organization.
• Familiarity with PMBOK concepts and their practical applications.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
• Strong leadership, team-building, and mentoring skills.
• Experience with USG and/or DoD/DoW projects.
• History of working projects through all phases of systems and hardware development, test, and fielding.
• Expertise in subsystem design, requirement allocation, and technical supplier management.
• Critical analysis and problem-solving skills across system, hardware, and software architectures.

Responsibilities

• Apply an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop, and verify complex lifecycle-balanced systems of systems and system solutions.
• Evaluate customer and operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters, and assure compatibility of physical, functional, and program interfaces.
• Perform analyses to optimize systems of systems and/or system architecture.
• Analyze affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory and certification factors, product assurance, and other quality factors to identify a preferred configuration and ensure mission success.
• Develop, maintain, and identify improvements to requirements management, planning, organization, implementation, monitoring, risk, issues, opportunity management, and technology readiness assessment processes and tools.
• Resolve cross-functional technical issues.
• Design, support, and maintain ground-based CSEL infrastructure and associated RF, baseband, GPS, network, and computing hardware and systems.
• Integrate and coordinate system and hardware changes due to design updates, obsolescence, and software improvements.
• Design, troubleshoot, and maintain the worldwide CSEL system infrastructure.
• Coordinate tactically across IPTs and work closely with network engineering, software engineering, cybersecurity, and product security teammates.
• Support customer happiness and success throughout the design lifecycle.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Relocation may be offered based on candidate eligibility; basic relocation is offered for eligible internal candidates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level