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Phantom Works Senior Systems Engineer

The Boeing Company

Berkeley, MO · HybridFull-time$165–223K/yrPosted 2 days agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$165–223K/yr
Location
Berkeley, MOHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Boeing Defense, Space & Security is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Level 5) for its RM&SH engineering team in Berkeley, Missouri. The role focuses on reliability, maintainability, and testability across the project lifecycle, including risk reduction, system availability, and safety compliance. The engineer will develop and assess reliability analyses, support design teams, oversee testing, and conduct failure reporting and corrective action activities.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Reliability Engineering, nice to haveMaintainability Engineering, nice to haveSafety Engineering, nice to haveReliability Standards, nice to haveMaintainability Standards, nice to haveTestability Standards, nice to haveSafety Standards, nice to haveAnalytical Skills, nice to haveProblem-Solving, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveMultidisciplinary Teamwork, nice to havePriority Management, nice to haveAvionics, nice to haveRadar, nice to haveSensors, nice to haveHydro Mechanical, nice to haveMechanisms, nice to haveStructural Engineering, nice to haveReliability and Maintainability, nice to haveAerospace Certification, nice to haveFAA Regulations, nice to haveMIL-HDBK-516C, nice to haveRisk Management, nice to haveQuality Assurance, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Related, required9+ Years Engineering Experience, requiredU.S. Citizenship, requiredU.S. Security Clearance, requiredU.S. Person, requiredConflict of Interest Assessment, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Phantom Works Senior Systems Engineer

Company: The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is seeking Senior Systems Engineer (Level 5) to join the team in Berkeley, MO.

The RM&SH Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliability, maintainability, and testability of systems, equipment, and processes throughout the project lifecycle. This role involves applying engineering principles and industry best practices to minimize operational risks, improve system availability, and ensure compliance with safety standards.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Analyze system requirements and develop an RM&SH engineering program plan to achieve RM&SH objectives
  • Allocate and predict failure rates (Mean Time Between Failure) for components and systems and measure against program requirements
  • Develop Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD) to represent the relationship between components of a system and assess overall system reliability
  • Perform Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) to identify and mitigate risk of system failure and support proposed changes in design
  • Assess Fault Detection and Fault Isolation metrics for Availability impacts and concerns
  • Actively participate on design teams, provide guidance and recommendations to designers and management to ensure safety and reliability objectives are met
  • Supervise testing and demonstrations at supplier, plant, or field locations to evaluate reliability factors, such as numbers and causes of unit failures or maintainability risks
  • Conduct closed-loop Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) to establish root cause, failure trends, and opportunities to improve system reliability and safety
  • Ensure adherence to industry standards, regulatory requirements, and company safety policies
  • Engage directly with RM&SH Engineering capability to ensure compliance with BDS RM&SH requirements for people, processes, and tools

Travel may be required up to 10% of the time; Domestically and/or internationally depending on business needs.

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

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
  • 9+ or more years' related engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Experience in reliability, maintainability, and safety engineering within the aerospace, manufacturing, or related industries
  • Experience with reliability, maintainability, testability and safety standards
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities
  • Prior aerospace & defense experience in one or more of the following engineering domains - Avionics, Radar, Sensors, Hydro Mechanical, Mechanisms, Structural, or Reliability & Maintainability
  • Military experience, while not required, is desirable
  • Knowledge of aviation/aerospace certification & regulatory frameworks (FAA, MIL-HDBK-516C)
  • Experience in risk management and quality assurance processes

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.

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: $164,900 – $223,100

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

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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How this job compares

Set against the 11,553 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$165–223K/yr
  • Missouri median$115–185K/yr109 salary ranges
  • US median$115–187K/yr8,722 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $194K, is 29% above the Missouri median midpoint ($150K) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Missouri.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 131 open Systems Engineer jobs in Missouri and 11,553 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Missouri
Experience
This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,624 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,343 of the 11,553 open Systems Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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