Systems Engineer (Experienced or Lead)

Boeing•Saint Charles, MO
•$112,200 - $185,150•Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company is hiring experienced and lead-level Systems Engineers for onsite teams in St. Louis, Missouri, with location options in Berkeley, Hazelwood, and Saint Charles. The teams develop, produce, train, and sustain advanced defense and weapon systems, including fighter and tactical aircraft, autonomous systems, precision engagement systems, and other proprietary systems and platforms. Hiring disciplines include systems architecture, requirements and interface definition; systems integration, verification, and validation; reliability, maintainability, and system health; human factors and ergonomics; operations and systems analysis; flight crew operations integration; and crew station design and integration. The Systems Engineer leads engineering efforts on development, production, and/or sustainment programs; translates customer and operational needs into system performance requirements; and guides cross-functional teams in defining system requirements, interfaces, behaviors, and verification criteria. The role conducts technical analyses, leads design reviews and assessments, improves engineering processes, promotes adoption of systems engineering methodologies such as Model Based Systems Engineering, and mentors engineers. The position is 100% onsite, with no hybrid or remote option. Domestic and/or international travel may be required based on business needs. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a U.S. security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship; an interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance is required after starting. Special Program Access or other Government Access Requirements may also be required. Boeing is a drug-free workplace and may test applicants and employees for specified substances when policy criteria are met. Boeing does not sponsor employment visas. Relocation is available based on candidate eligibility.

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.
  • At least 4 years of related engineering experience.
  • Prior Systems Engineering experience, such as system design, functional decomposition, requirements development, analysis, verification, and validation.
  • Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government.
  • Interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance required after starting.

Nice To Haves

  • For Level 4: 7 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Active U.S. Security Clearance.
  • Leadership experience, including engineering leadership roles and/or leading work and driving teams to success.
  • Experience with aircraft, mission systems, and/or weapon system development.
  • Experience with verification and/or certification efforts, including support for military safety-critical and/or mission-critical system hardware and software certification.
  • Experience leading cross-IPT architecture development.
  • Experience leading systems engineering efforts supporting major program milestone reviews and proposal efforts.
  • Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering tools such as Cameo, MSOSA, or similar SysML-compatible tools for systems architecture and model development.
  • Technical understanding and experience with one or more of DOORS, Cadece/Pspice, Python, C#, C++, JavaScript, Visual Studio, Subversion, Azure DevOps, Git, CAFTA, ReliaSoft, or FaultTree+.

Responsibilities

  • Lead systems engineering efforts on new development, production, and/or sustainment programs, ensuring alignment with program goals and objectives.
  • 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.
  • Perform analyses in affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human factors, survivability, vulnerability, security, certification, and product assurance to achieve mission success.
  • Conduct 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 implementation and/or adoption of systems engineering methodologies, such as 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 programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
  • Boeing 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar matching contributions up to 10% of eligible pay and immediate 100% vesting.
  • Student Loan Match for eligible enrolled U.S. employees, allowing qualified student loan debt payments to count toward determining the Company Match.
  • Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
  • Relocation based on candidate eligibility.
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