Senior Systems Engineer

Boeing; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Student Loan Match

Job summary

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) invites engineers to join Phantom Works Space in Kent, WA as a Senior Systems Engineer. You will work across ASD programs, leading interdisciplinary efforts to design and verify advanced payloads and space technologies.

The role emphasizes stakeholder-driven requirements, architecture definition, and cross-domain collaboration, with occasional travel and a TS clearance requirement. Excellent career growth opportunities await in a global aerospace leader.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in engineering or related field
• 10+ years in systems engineering
• Active U.S. Top Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Lead activities to plan, design, develop, and verify complex payloads and technologies.
• Analyze stakeholder needs to establish traceable system requirements.
• Conduct reviews to ensure requirements are verifiable and meet stakeholder needs.
• Define interactions across system boundaries (mechanical, electrical, thermal, data).
• Define a system architecture with interfaces and derived requirements.

Skills

Systems engineering

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering

Tools

Enterprise Architecture

Cameo/MSOSA

UML/SysML

3DX

CATIA

Job description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity and immediate need within Phantom Works Space for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team based in Kent, WA. Due to expanding business, we are looking for engineers with a multi-discipline skill set who can help develop next generation technologies for space applications. Advanced Systems Development (ASD) is an organization within Phantom Works Space that develops cutting edge technologies to provide customers with needed capability and help enable new missions. This position will work across multiple programs within the ASD portfolio.

Position Responsibilities

• Apply an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to lead activities to plan, design, develop, and verify complex payloads and technologies.
• Analyze the stakeholder needs and expectations to establish the requirements for a system or system element with traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
• Conduct reviews for validation to ensure requirements meet stakeholder needs and ensure requirements are verifiable.
• Identify, define, and control interactions across system boundaries in support of achieving a system capability that includes interactions such as mechanical, electrical, thermal, data, etc.
• Define a system architecture through system structure, interfaces, and associated derived requirements of the system or system element that balances all stakeholder requirements.
• Create a physical, functional, or logical representation of a system or system element and use system models for rigorous development of data and information to aid technical understanding and decision-making across the lifecycle.

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. Top 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

• 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
• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the design and development payloads for space applications.
• Clear and confident communicator to technical and non-technical audiences at all levels of the organization.
• 15+ years of experience in system design, functional decomposition, requirements development, analysis, verification, and validation.
• Experience with Model Based Engineering tools and languages such as Enterprise Architecture, Cameo/MSOSA, UML/SysML, 3DX, CATIA.
• Experience with mentoring, coaching, guiding, and leading teams of junior and peer engineers.

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

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.

This is a union-represented position.

Total Rewards

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.

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.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. Summary pay range: $176,800 - $239,200

Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 23, 2026

Export Control Requirements

• 120.62 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Security Clearance

This position requires an active U.S. Top 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.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Equal Opportunity Employer

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.