Systems Engineer (Mid Level) — RF & Integration

Boeing; Maryland; On-site; USD 103,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

The Boeing Company in Maryland is seeking a Mid Level Systems Engineer to help innovate RF signal processing applications and integrate new and legacy software across various hardware platforms. You will analyze requirements and derive system-level specifications within a collaborative, security‑minded environment.

Seven years of systems engineering experience and a relevant degree are required; active TS/SCI with a polygraph is preferred.

Qualifications

• Seven years of experience as a systems engineer in medium‑scale (20‑100 people) or larger programs or contracts.
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Five (5) additional years of experience of systems engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Innovating RF signal processing applications
• Facilitating the integration of new and legacy software across a variety of hardware form factors
• Analyzing user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications
• Deriving an understanding of stakeholder needs and essential system functions from system requirements
• Developing a system design solution that satisfies system requirements
• Participating in producing definitions of systems or components under development that provide common reference points for hardware and software developers
• Deriving lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill
• Ensuring lower-level requirements are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable
• Participating in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations
• Generating alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions, and suggest hardware upgrade to improve system performance
• Allocating real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components
• Participating in interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle
• Producing written plans that define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems, and work products are verified against their requirements
• Participating in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirement Specification, and Interface Control Documents
• Developing derived requirements for Information Assurance Services (Confidentiality, Integrity, Non-repudiation, and Availability), Basic Information Assurance Mechanisms (e.g., Identification, Authentication, Access Control, Accountability), and Security Mechanism Technology (passwords, cryptography, discretionary access control, mandatory access control, hashing, key management, etc.)
• Reviewing and providing input to program and contract Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), work packages, and the Integrated Master Plan (IMP)

Skills

RF signal processing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering / related field

5+ years experience can substitute for degree

Tools

Jira/Confluence

Job description

The Boeing Company in Maryland is seeking a Mid Level Systems Engineer to help innovate RF signal processing applications and integrate new and legacy software across various hardware platforms. You will analyze requirements and derive system-level specifications within a collaborative, security‑minded environment.

Seven years of systems engineering experience and a relevant degree are required; active TS/SCI with a polygraph is preferred.