Systems Engineer (Associate, Experienced, or Lead) - El Segundo- 2-17-26

Systems Engineer (Associate, Experienced, or Lead) - El Segundo- 2-17-26

Company:

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is seeking Systems Engineers to join our Phantom Works team in El Segundo, CA or Seal Beach, CA.

We are the Phantom Works Engineering team creating and implementing innovative technologies that make the impossible possible and enabling the future of aerospace.

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Associate, Experienced and Lead Level Systems Engineers.

Position Responsibilities:

Associate:

• Contribute to systems engineering efforts on new development, production, and/or sustainment programs, ensuring alignment with program goals and objectives
• Work with teams across disciplines to write and keep system requirements, interfaces, verification, and test criteria up to date
• Perform analyses for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human factors, survivability, vulnerability, security, and product assurance
• Support program design reviews and technical assessments
• Track and update requirements, risks/issues/opportunities, tools, and technology readiness
• Help adopt and use modern systems engineering methods (for example, Model-Based Systems Engineering)

Experienced/Lead:

• Lead the 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 to define and maintain 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
• Run design reviews and technical assessments, giving recommendations to improve system performance and reliability
• Maintain and improve requirements management, risk/issues/opportunity tracking, tools, and technology readiness assessment processes
• Lead the program in implementing and/or adopting the latest SE methodologies (e.g. Model Based Systems Engineering) to meet customer expectations
• Mentor, coach and advise engineers across the program in SE tools, techniques, planning and strategy

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Potential signing bonus for eligible/qualified external candidates.

Travel may be required; Domestically and/or Internationally depending on business needs.

This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

• Special Program Access or other Government Access Requirements may be required for these positions

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• 2+ years of related engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Level 3: 4 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Level 4: 7 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Active U.S. Security Clearance
• Prior Systems Engineering experience (i.e. system design, functional decomposition, requirements development, analysis, verification, and validation) including supporting/leading major program milestone reviews and proposal efforts
• Leadership experience to include but not limited to 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 supporting military safety critical and/or mission critical system hardware and software certification)
• Experience leading cross-IPT architecture development
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools, such as Cameo, MSOSA or similar Systems Modeling Language (SysML)-compatible tool for systems architecture and model development
• Technical understanding and experience with any of the following: DOORS, Cadece/Pspice, Python, C#, C++, JavaScript, Visual Studio, Subversion, Azure DevOps, Git, CAFTA, ReliaSoft, JIRA or FaultTree+

Conflict of Interest: Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay Range:

Associate (Level 2): $98,600 - $133,400

Experienced (Level 3): $119,850 - $162,150

Lead (Level 4): $146,200 - $197,800

The Boeing 401(k) helps you save for your future, with contributions from Boeing that can help you grow your retirement savings. Our best-in-class retirement benefit features:

• Best in class 401(k) plan: we'll match your contributions dollar for dollar, up to 10% of eligible pay with Immediate 100% vesting
• Student Loan Match: The Boeing 401(k) Student Loan Match allows eligible enrolled U.S. employees to have their qualified student loan debt payments counted, along with any match-eligible contributions they make, for purposes of determining the Company Match to employees' Boeing 401(k) accounts.

Language Requirements:
Not Applicable

Education:
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement:

Safety Sensitive:

Security Clearance:
This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Visa Sponsorship:
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:
Shift 1 (United States of America)

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