Systems Engineer 4 (contract)

Boeing; Seal Beach (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 129,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

Job summary

Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Space Mission Systems in Seal Beach, CA, seeks a Senior/Experienced Systems Engineer for a contract assignment through a Boeing-approved third party. You will analyze requirements, develop ICDs, support system architecture, and lead test and verification activities for ground and space systems.

The role emphasizes collaboration across disciplines, model-based systems engineering, and hands-on testing to ensure mission success for government programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field is required.
• Typically 9+ years of related work experience.
• Active TS security clearance or completion of approved government screening within the past 5 years or continuous vetting program.

Responsibilities

• Leads ground and system-level verification, validation, integration and test.
• Writes requirements and ICDs for ground systems.
• Supports Concepts of Operations development and product design, development and testing.
• Leads requirements management, risk, issues, opportunities and technology readiness processes.
• Develops and executes test plans and verification reports.
• Resolves cross-functional technical issues and ensures system performance meets customer needs.
• Assesses affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, security and other quality factors for optimal system configuration.
• Supports space system ground segment operational products and space mission support.

Skills

9+ years experience

Top Secret clearance

Model-based systems engineering

Education

BS in Engineering or related field

Job description

This posting is for a contract assignment and is not a full-time employment offer with Boeing. Candidates selected for roles will be employed as contract workers through a Boeing approved 3rd party for the duration of the specified project. Regular and predictable attendance is required. Work statement is a non-managerial role, non-leadership role. The Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Space Mission Systems (SMS) organization has an exciting opportunity supporting Proprietary programs and is seeking a Senior/Experienced Systems Engineer to join our team in Seal Beach, California. As a Senior/Experienced Systems Engineer in SMS, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of new first-of-its-kind capabilities and a portfolio of programs that consists of a range of platforms and cutting-edge technologies which continually shape the future. At Boeing, we deliver complex solutions in challenging environments, supporting our portfolio of programs by designing, building, testing, deploying, and maintaining critical platforms for government clients. We prioritize innovation and collaboration to improve the world, through a welcoming environment that fosters professional growth and meaningful contributions, from the seabed to outer space. As a member of the Systems Engineering team, you will join a diverse team and apply your skills to analyze and develop system and subsystem requirements, interface control documents, support systems architecture and design, system integration, test, verification, and validation to ensure the system satisfies the intent of customer requirements. This role involves creating innovative solutions to technical challenges, providing system support with automation, modern tools, and overseeing projects to ultimately deliver the end product.

Position Responsibilities

• Leads Ground and System Level verification, validation, integration and test
• Applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, and develop requirements
• Writes requirements and ICDs for the ground systems
• Supports ConOps development and product design, development, and test
• Leads the planning, organization, implementation of requirements management processes, tools, risk, issues, opportunity and technology readiness
• Develops and executes test plans, procedures, and verification reports
• Resolves cross-functional technical issues
• Evaluates customer/operational needs to test system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces
• Performs various 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 optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture supporting mission success
• Develops Ground Segment Operational Products in support of Space based systems
• Supports complex system level threads required to run missions in space
• Works with a team of engineers using scaled agile development process
• Engages in model-based systems engineering
• Supports the planning, organization, implementation and monitoring of requirements management processes, tools, risk, issues, opportunity management and technology readiness assessment processes

Required Skills

• 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
• Typically, 9 or more years' related work experience
• Possess an active Top Secret US Security Clearance (TS), or successfully complete a Tier 5 (T5), formerly known as a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) by the federal government within the past 5 years or agreed to enter a Continuous Vetting program such that 5 year updates are no longer required

Preferred Skills

• Excellent oral and written Communication, Adaptability, Decision Making, Customer Focus, Integrated Systems, Engineering Analysis, and Requirements/Tracing skills
• Experience in space systems and working with multi-discipline teams
• Experience with Ops Product architecture, design, development, and test
• Experience with software requirements verification testing
• Experience with scripting languages (i.e. Python, Tcl/Tk)
• Experience with Configuration Management tools and processes
• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework processes and tools

Pay Rate Range

89 - 94 USD hourly

Benefits Information

• Optional Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.