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Systems Engineer (Experienced or Lead)

The Boeing Company

Colorado Springs, COFull-time$112–185K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$112–185K/yr
Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance

Job overview

Boeing’s Phantom Works Missile Defense National Teams are hiring experienced and lead systems engineers in Colorado Springs to support missile defense architecture, analysis, integration, and test. Depending on assignment, engineers contribute to mission assessment, requirements, modeling and simulation, and verification activities, collaborating with Boeing, industry partners, and government stakeholders. The position is fully onsite and requires an active U.S. Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems EngineeringSystems ArchitectureRequirements AnalysisRequirements VerificationRequirements DevelopmentModel-Based Systems EngineeringCameoDOORSIntegration and TestTest Process DevelopmentTest Result EvaluationPythonMATLABJavaSystem Performance AnalysisTrade StudiesModeling and SimulationMissile DefenseTechnical Communication

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Related Field4+ Years Related Engineering ExperienceU.S. Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Citizenship7+ Years Related Work ExperienceLeadership Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Systems Engineer (Experienced or Lead)

Company:

Build the system-of-systems that protects the homeland. Boeing’s Phantom Works Missile Defense National Teams are hiring Systems Engineers to work at Colorado Springs, CO at the intersection of mission outcomes, architecture, analysis, integration, and test.

On the Boeing-led Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) National Team, you’ll help the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) shape system-level concepts, architectures, requirements, and assessments that drive incremental upgrades to America’s Missile Defense System.

On the Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) National Team, you’ll help evolve the integrating element that links sensors and weapons and synchronizes operations to deliver a layered defense across all phases of flight.

Our teams are currently hiring a broad range of Experienced and Lead Systems Engineers in the following disciplines:

  • Systems Architecture, Requirements and Interfaces

  • Systems Integration, Verification, & Validation

  • Modeling and Simulation

Position Responsibilities Depending on your assignment, you will contribute across mission assessment, architecture, requirements, Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE), integration, and test – often with direct collaboration across Boeing, industry partners, and government stakeholders.

Systems Architecture, Requirements, and Interfaces

  • Help define and evolve the MDA/C2BMC system architecture.

  • Develop and maintain requirements and architecture artifacts (including interface definitions) to support missile defense capabilities.

  • Run and support architecture and requirements trade studies to recommend options that improve mission performance, cost/schedule, and technical feasibility.

  • Own and improve the requirements management engine: planning, organizing, implementing, and monitoring of requirements processes and tools (including traceability, change control, and quality).

  • Support program-level risks/issues/opportunities tracking and technology readiness assessments as they relate to architecture and requirements decisions.

  • Collaborate frequently with MDA, warfighters, and industry partners to align requirements, interfaces, and system priorities.

Systems Integration, Verification, & Validation

  • Plan and execute integration and checkout work – define tasks, schedule them, assign work, monitor completion, and keep the integration plan moving.

  • Evaluate results from integration/checkout activities and determine whether they meet checkout requirements so the team can proceed to the next stage.

  • Help define and drive the overall integration and test (I&T) strategy (processes, tools, and metrics) to ensure we verify requirements effectively and consistently.

  • Execute and document integration and test events, including capturing results, issues, and evidence needed for verification.

  • Partner with integration/test SMEs to solve complex system problems spanning process, tools, regulations, and system-specific issues.

  • Identify and implement tool/process improvements that reduce friction and increase throughput (automation, reporting, repeatable workflows).

Modeling and Simulation

  • Evaluate system performance across realistic scenarios and architectures to provide mission insight used by MDA and warfighters.

  • Build and maintain analysis tools across multiple levels of fidelity, including modeling and simulation that predicts performance against evolving threats.

  • Perform system and performance trade studies (mission effectiveness, architecture comparisons, “what-if” analyses) to inform technical decisions.

  • Develop and improve modeling approaches to ensure results are credible, repeatable, and decision-useful (assumptions, data handling, validation/verification of models).

  • Use modeling, simulation, and quantitative methods to provide technical leadership and recommendations in assigned focus areas.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite (no hybrid or remote options). The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at Colorado Springs, CO.

Travel may be required; Domestically and/or internationally depending on business needs.

This position requires candidate acceptance by the industry partner resource control board.

This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

  • 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.

  • 4 or more years' related engineering experience.

  • Prior experience in system engineering (e.g. Systems, Design, Architecture, Integration, Requirements or Test).

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

  • Level 4: 7 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

  • Leadership experience to include but not limited to engineering leadership roles and/or leading work and driving teams to success.

  • Systems Architecture, Requirements, and Interfaces

  • Familiarity with missile-defense mission context, especially command & control, battle managements, and communications.

  • Experience with requirements analysis & verification.

  • Experience with requirements and architecture development for complex systems/system-of-systems.

  • Experience using MBSE / requirements tools such as Cameo, DOORS, or similar.

  • Experience supporting architecture / requirements trade studies.

  • Systems Integration, Verification, & Validation

  • Experience driving or support integration and test, including executing and documenting test events.

  • Experience developing or tailoring I&T processes, tools, and metrics.

  • Experience evaluating results against requirements.

  • Familiarity working across multiple stakeholders/teams.

  • Scripting/programming for test/tool support (Python, MATLAB, Java, or similar).

  • Modeling and Simulation

  • Experience performing system/performance analysis or trade studies (e.g., operational/feasibility analysis, MOEs/TPMs).

  • Experience developing or using modeling and simulation tools to predict performance.

  • Familiarity modeling engagement domains (missile defense or related air/space/ballistic domains).

  • Scripting/programming for analysis tools (Python, MATLAB, Java, or similar).

  • Ability to communicate results clearly to support decisions with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

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

Drug Free Workplace: Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace 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.

Total Rewards: 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.

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.

Summary pay range (Experienced): $112,200 - $151,800 Summary pay range (Lead): $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:

Safety Sensitive:

Security Clearance: This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

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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How this job compares

Set against the 3,036 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$112–185K/yr
  • Colorado median$120–181K/yr212 salary ranges
  • US median$136–210K/yr2,194 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $149K, is close to the Colorado median midpoint ($149K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineering salary ranges in Colorado.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 252 open Systems Engineering jobs in Colorado and 3,036 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Colorado
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — less than three in four Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 2,415 postings).
Education
1,029 of the 3,036 open Systems Engineering jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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