Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Level 5) to join the Systems Engineering and Integration Team (SEIT) in Berkeley, MO.

The selected candidate will collaborate with SMEs across the program to develop a complex, highly integrated weapons system, embracing Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Engineering strategies.

They will lead system architects, engineering SMEs, and stakeholders in planning, coordinating, and executing Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (PDR, CDR, SVR, etc.), including artifact identification, customer and leadership briefings, and event management. Additionally, this role owns SETR events, leads the engineering execution of Boeing’s gated process, completes DevEx assessments, manages the SEIT team’s RIO, and architects the program’s problem tracking system.

Balancing technical leadership with program management, the candidate will maintain a holistic view of the program, assess design maturity, and communicate complex technical content effectively to diverse audiences, including engineers, program managers, and end users. This role requires strong communication, organization, accountability, and the ability to lead through influence in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Position Responsibilities

• Applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to lead activities to plan, design, develop and verify complex lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions.
• Leads others to evaluate customer/operational needs to define system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces.
•  Leads analyses to optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture.
• Leads analyses for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory, certification, product assurance and other specialties quality factors into a preferred configuration to ensure mission success.
• Leads, develops, maintains and identifies improvements the planning, organization, implementation and monitoring of requirements management processes, tools, risk, issues, opportunity management and technology readiness assessment processes.

Travel may be required up to 10% of the time; 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)

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (including manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
• 14+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• Formal or informal leadership (lead or manager) experience to include but not limited to engineering leadership roles

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Knowledge of responsibilities and tasks performed by various Engineering departments/disciplines (e.g., design, test, software, technology, avionics). Knowledge of the interaction between departments/disciplines and how their products/processes affect one another and impact non-engineering processes (e.g., Operations, Logistics, Business)
• Knowledge of various engineering disciplines such as electrical, mechanical, and systems. The ability to communicate with technical personnel from multiple skill areas and functions to evaluate technical information and issues impacting design, production, and support of products, services, or other deliverables
• Apply interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to planning, designing, development, and verification to ensure Lifecycle Balanced system of systems and system solutions
• Evaluate customer and /operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools, such as CAMEO or similar Systems Modeling Language (SysML)-compatible tool for systems architecture and model development

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