Senior Systems Engineer - Spaceflight Test & Verification

Boeing; Titusville (FL); On-site; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

The Boeing Company is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Kennedy Space Center team in Florida. This role will drive integration across multiple engineering disciplines to verify system-of-systems performance, bridging design intent, hardware validation, and flight readiness.

Key responsibilities include defining system-level test requirements, coordinating cross-functional interfaces, conducting advanced analyses, and guiding verification closure while maintaining safety and quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• Active U.S. Top Secret / SCI clearance (investigation active or within 24 months; U.S. citizenship required).
• 7+ years in an engineering role.
• Ability to analyze and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, and parts lists.
• Strong skills in engineering analysis, requirements tracing, and technical communication.

Responsibilities

• Define, decompose, and coordinate system-level test and verification requirements derived from customer, mission, and operational needs.
• Integrate cross-functional parameters across electrical, mechanical, fluids, thermal, and software interfaces to verify end-to-end compatibility and functional integrity.
• Lead analyses including safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, survivability, and requirement certification to optimize configurations for mission success.
• Govern requirements management and verification tracking using formal tools, risk/opportunity frameworks, and readiness assessments to ensure complete verification closure.
• Represent the system test organization directly in the factory, test cell, and post-production environments throughout hardware builds, integrated functional testing, and refurbishment cycles.
• Lead dynamic system test operations, translating flight and ground environments into actionable test procedures, instrumentation strategies, and acceptance criteria.
• Author technical dispositions and engineering deviations for hardware non-conformances, operational limit exceedances, or test anomalies to maintain cadence with safety and quality.
• Lead rapid RCA, failure investigation, and multi-system troubleshooting to diagnose complex operational anomalies and flight hardware defects.
• Identify, develop, and deploy continuous upgrades to test infrastructure and processes to improve cadence, reliability, and mission throughput.

Skills

Engineering analysis

Requirements tracing

Technical communication

Reading drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

DOORS

Git

SVN

PLM

Jira

MS Project

Python

Tcl/Tk

Perl

Job description

The Boeing Company is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Kennedy Space Center team in Florida. This role will drive integration across multiple engineering disciplines to verify system-of-systems performance, bridging design intent, hardware validation, and flight readiness.

Key responsibilities include defining system-level test requirements, coordinating cross-functional interfaces, conducting advanced analyses, and guiding verification closure while maintaining safety and quality