Lead Systems Engineer

Boeing • Saint Charles, MO

1d • $136,850 - $185,150 • Onsite

About The Position

Boeing Phantom Works is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to join its System Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) Team in Saint Charles, Missouri. The team designs and builds next-generation vehicles, collaborating with other Phantom Works organizations and industry partners to design, integrate, and field architectures and vehicle designs for defense technologies. The role contributes to system requirements, integration and verification activities, and architecture development to meet operational needs, including work in autonomy and teaming.

The position is expected to be 100% onsite, with no hybrid or remote option, at one of the listed location options. Travel may be required up to 10% domestically and/or internationally, depending on business needs. An active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance is required; a U.S. Secret Clearance active within the past 24 months is considered active. The role also requires the ability to obtain Special Program Access. U.S. citizenship is required for the clearance and program access requirements.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a directly related field and at least seven years of related engineering experience. The listed salary range is $136,850–$185,150. Relocation assistance is not negotiable, and Boeing will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or non-U.S. equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement.
• Seven or more years of related engineering experience.
• Prior systems engineering experience, including system design, functional decomposition, requirements development, analysis, verification, and validation.
• Active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance; a U.S. Secret Clearance active within the past 24 months is considered active.
• Ability to obtain Special Program Access; U.S. citizenship is required for this access.
• U.S. Person status as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required to meet U.S. export control compliance requirements.
• Ability to work onsite 100% at one of the listed location options.
• Successful completion of the Company's Conflict of Interest assessment process.

Nice To Haves

• Leadership experience, including engineering leadership roles and/or leading work and driving teams to success.
• Experience working in a Special Access program.
• Experience leading Risk, Issue and Opportunity management (RIO) processes.
• Experience leading cross-IPT supplier integration and development.
• Prior management experience leading employees.
• Experience improving manufacturing processes and developing tooling and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Apply an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to planning, designing, developing, and verifying complex lifecycle-balanced systems-of-systems and system solutions.
• Translate customer and operational needs into system performance requirements.
• Guide cross-functional teams in defining and maintaining system requirements, interfaces, behaviors, and verification criteria for complex systems.
• Integrate analyses of affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human factors, survivability, vulnerability, security, certification, and product assurance to achieve mission success.
• Run design reviews and technical assessments and recommend improvements to system performance and reliability.
• Maintain and improve requirements management, risk/issues/opportunity tracking, tools, and technology readiness assessment processes.
• Lead program implementation or adoption of systems engineering methodologies, including Model Based Systems Engineering, to meet customer expectations.
• Mentor, coach, and advise engineers across the program in systems engineering tools, techniques, planning, and strategy.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work; availability may depend on eligibility factors.
• Boeing 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 10% of eligible pay and immediate 100% vesting.
• Student Loan Match: eligible enrolled U.S. employees may have qualified student loan payments counted, along with match-eligible contributions, when determining the company 401(k) match.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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