Systems Engineer - Test

Boeing • Long Beach, CA

2d • $85,000 - $133,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Boeing Defense & Space is hiring an associate Systems Engineer for the Sapphire program within the Systems Engineering Integration and Test (SEIT) team. Sapphire is Boeing’s enterprise modernization program to standardize and unify digital engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing processes across defense platforms. The role works with IT, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and other stakeholders to plan, track, and deliver program objectives on schedule, within budget, and to required technical performance and safety standards. The position reports to the Senior Manager of the SEIT organization and partners day to day with the SEIT Test Lead and Integrated Product Team leads.

The selected candidate may work at one of the listed Boeing locations and is required to work 100% onsite. The role requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government, and a post-start U.S. Secret clearance is required. The position must also meet U.S. export control requirements, and Boeing will not sponsor employment visas.

This is a Level 2 position. The typical education and experience profile is a bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical education and typically two or more years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The stated summary pay range is $85,000–$133,400, depending on location and candidate experience and qualifications.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
• At least 1 year of experience in systems integration and test, including at least 1 year with complex, multi-discipline test teams or test organizations.
• At least 1 year of experience supporting and executing system-level test plans, procedures, and campaigns across lab, HIL, and flight environments.
• At least 1 year of experience in software integration, embedded or real-time software testing, telemetry and data analysis, with familiarity with flight-test support processes.
• At least 1 year of experience with test automation and scripting in at least one language or toolset, such as Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or Tcl.
• At least 1 year of experience applying requirements-based verification and maintaining requirement-to-test traceability using DOORS, Polarion, or an equivalent tool.
• At least 1 year of experience with configuration management, anomaly or defect tracking tools such as JIRA or TeamCenter, and test data management.
• At least 1 year of experience supporting root-cause analysis and driving corrective actions across organizational boundaries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for the clearance, and a post-start U.S. Secret clearance is required.
• Meet U.S. export control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person.
• Successful completion of the Company's Conflict of Interest assessment process.
• Must live in the immediate area or relocate at personal expense; relocation assistance is not available.
• Must work onsite at one of the listed locations.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Prior experience with Boeing or another major aerospace or defense program in test leadership, ideally on reconnaissance, space, or ISR programs.
• Knowledge of and experience supporting defense-system certification or compliance processes, including DO-178C, DO-254, MIL-STD-882 for safety, or RMF for cybersecurity.
• Experience with RF and sensor integration, networking, distributed systems, SATCOM, or EW domains relevant to the Sapphire mission set.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines for embedded systems and related toolchains such as Jenkins or GitLab.
• Experience with model-based systems engineering tools and workflows, such as SysML, Cameo, or MagicDraw.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end Systems Engineering Integration and Test efforts for the Sapphire program, including test strategy, planning, execution, and closure across lab, ground, and flight environments.
• Support the Test Lead in maintaining program-level test and verification master plans, detailed test plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria, ensuring traceability to system requirements.
• Coordinate cross-discipline integration and test activities with IT bedrock teams, including ERP, MES, and PDM, as well as I&I and subcontractor teams.
• Execute complex system-level integration testing, resolve anomalies, perform root-cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and drive test defects through closure.
• Establish and implement test automation, repeatability, and regression frameworks to support continuous integration and continuous verification.
• Ensure compliance with applicable aerospace standards and certification artifacts, and support certification authorities and program audits.
• Prepare and present test status, risk assessments, metrics, findings, and recommendations to program leadership and stakeholders; maintain schedule and resource forecasts.
• Incorporate safety, cybersecurity, and configuration-management controls into test planning and execution, and ensure test activities comply with export-control and classified-handling requirements when applicable.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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