Senior Systems Engineer - Space & Defense Lead

Boeing; Seal Beach (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Competitive pay and benefits

Job summary

Boeing ESG is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer for the Seal Beach or El Segundo, CA area. You will lead requirements development, system architectures, ICDs, and verification planning across hardware and software teams to ensure successful project outcomes.

The role requires 10+ years of experience, a TS/SCI clearance, and experience with satellite or space-related applications. You will collaborate across disciplines and support design reviews and change control processes with a focus on

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required (U.S. Citizenship).
• 10+ years of related work experience.
• Experience with satellite systems or space-related applications.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, decompose, and allocate system and subsystem requirements from stakeholder needs and higher-level system specifications.
• Create, edit, and maintain well-structured, testable requirements using a requirements management tool.
• Develop and maintain system architecture descriptions and traceability from requirements to architecture and verification.
• Author and maintain ICDs that define interfaces between systems and subsystems; manage ICD baselines and change control.
• Develop verification plans, procedures, and test cases aligned to requirements; coordinate and perform verification activities and document results.
• Support integration activities and resolve interface mismatches and discrepancies between subsystems.
• Maintain requirements traceability matrices and demonstrate requirement closure for reviews and audits.
• Participate in design and technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and provide status and risk assessment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure requirements and interface compatibility.
• Support configuration and change control processes for requirements, specifications, and ICDs.

Skills

Requirements development

Verification & Validation

System architecture

ICD development

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Traceability management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

DSE tools

Job description

Boeing ESG is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer for the Seal Beach or El Segundo, CA area. You will lead requirements development, system architectures, ICDs, and verification planning across hardware and software teams to ensure successful project outcomes.

The role requires 10+ years of experience, a TS/SCI clearance, and experience with satellite or space-related applications. You will collaborate across disciplines and support design reviews and change control processes with a focus on