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Lead Mission System Flying Test Bed Engineer

USA - Berkeley, MO$136,850 – $185,150Posted 8 days ago

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Job description

Lead Mission System Flying Test Bed Engineer

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is seeking a Lead Mission System Flying Test Bed (FTB) Engineer in Berkeley, MO, supporting an Air Dominance Fixed Wing Proprietary Program. You will be joining a fast-paced program where you will be responsible for integrating and testing advanced tactical sensors onboard three flying test beds. Your work will include developing and planning tests, coordinating FTB modifications, and executing flight tests.

In this role, you will be joining a cross-functional team integrating next generation capabilities as part of a very exciting and critically important development effort. You will have the opportunity to operate in an agile development environment, mature our products through the development lifecycle, work on next generation open-architecture model-based designs, and collaborate across multiple disciplines.

The day-to-day activities of this position will be a combination of traditional design engineering, collaborating with cross-functional peers, and presenting technical challenges and solutions to leadership. Frequent interaction with program leadership, customers, and industry partners during critical design phases will be key elements of this position. This position will provide the candidate an opportunity to develop their engineering skills with potential growth into a leadership role.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development of test plans to support key flight test risk reduction activities

  • Lead a team of test engineers and provide technical guidance to team members to ensure FTB milestones are executed according to plan

  • Lead the execution of flight tests to characterize mission systems sensor performance

  • Coordinate with multiple disciplines to define FTB modifications needed to integrate advanced tactical sensors

  • Coordinate with Boeing, Test, and Evaluation and Tactical Sensors SMEs to ensure all development activities support the FTB schedule

  • Participate in customer led Combined Test Force (CTF) to support system verification and inform customer decisions and milestones

  • Manage and monitor team and supplier performance to ensure system integration and compliance with requirements

  • Utilize Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for test planning, defining test configurations, and documenting test traceability

  • Lead hardware and software development, integration, test, and validation/verification

  • Address FTB design/integration problems as they arise and coordinate with technology domain experts and suppliers as necessary

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience):

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement

  •  9+ years of related work experience and a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of related work experience and technical education

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience):

  • Experience with flight and/or lab test planning (test plan or test procedure generation) and execution

  • Experience with aircraft modifications to support avionics integration

  • Experience with integration of Department of Defense (DoD) tactical platforms subsystems

  • Experience developing requirements, performing requirement decomposition/traceability, functional decomposition, and interface definition

  • Experience working on development programs using an Agile/Scrum methodology

  • Experience working in Cameo or similar Model Based Systems Engineering tools

  • Experience with verification and validation testing

Conflict of Interest:

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

Signing Bonus:

Potential signing bonus for eligible/qualified external candidates

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) 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.

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 & Benefits:

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.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range:

$136,850-$185,150

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement:

This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

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Employer H-1B history

56
recent certified H-1B filings
42
new-hire petitions
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filings for similar roles
69
so far in FY2026
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  • 56 recent certified H-1B filings across the employer
  • Still filing this year — 69 filings in FY2026
  • 5 USCIS H-1B new-employment approvals, counted separately from LCA filings
  • Some filing activity in MO
  • 22 further USCIS approvals for extensions or transfers
  • We checked 113 filing titles for this employer and none describe work like this role
  • 641 other recent postings at this company state a sponsorship restriction

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