
Experienced or Senior Aerospace Systems Safety Engineer
Tukwila, WAFull-time$115–191K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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Boeing Defense, Space & Security is seeking an Aerospace System Safety Engineer for its team in Tukwila, Washington, at Experienced (Level 3) or Senior (Level 4). The role identifies and investigates aircraft and fleet hazards, analyzes safety risks, and coordinates safety requirements and corrective actions. It also leads safety analyses, verification activities, mission assurance, and engagement with engineering teams, program management, customers, and regulators.
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Experienced or Senior Aerospace Systems Safety Engineer
Company: The Boeing Company
Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s (BDS) Mobility Surveillance & Bombers (MS&B) is seeking an Aerospace System Safety Engineer to join our team in Tukwila, WA.
Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Experienced (Level 3) or Senior (Level 4) System Engineers.
At Boeing, Safety is at the core of everything we do. We are looking for candidates that can ask tough questions, challenge conventional thinking, and identify potential hazards to our aircraft and crew. You’ll have the opportunity to interface with all levels of Engineering and Program Management as well as our customers.
This is an opportunity to expand your skills in a fast-growing and critical discipline, where you will have the chance to lead appropriate efforts.
Primary responsibilities:
- Conducts system research and analysis to identify potential or investigate reported flight anomalies, risks, and safety concerns and quantifies impact.
- Leads system research and analysis to identify potential or investigate reported in-service fleet hazards, risks, and safety concerns and quantifies impact.
- Leads identifying safety and mission assurance issue systemic root causes and recommends corrective actions using industry best practices.
- Leads collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to define, validate, and integrate safety, mission success, and airworthiness requirements; incorporates into designs, operations, and procedures.
- Leads, influences or reviews tests, analyses, inspections, audits, and simulations to verify system meets defined safety and mission assurance requirements.
- Leads creation of aerospace safety and mission assurance tools and processes.
- Leads documentation of complex safety analysis, hazard mitigation, validation and verification activities in compliance with relevant customer and regulatory safety standards.
- Develops safety plan strategies and coordinates safety and corrective action plans with programs.
- Demonstrates safety hazard risk mitigations and control methods to the customer and regulators.
- Leads ensuring mission success through execution of Mission Assurance activities throughout the program lifecycle.
- Establishes global safety advocacy strategies, training, tools, and methods.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and 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
- Level 3: 5+ of experience in systems, mechanical, electrical, or software engineering
- 1+ years of experience working across organizations and cross-functional groups to ensure project coordination, implementation and completion
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience):
- Level 4: 9+ of experience in systems, mechanical, electrical, or software engineering
- Experience in aerospace systems engineering
- Experience with system safety analysis
- Experience effectively communicating, both verbally and in writing, and collaborating on multi-discipline teams
- Experience working with FAR Part 25.1309, and industry practices like ARP 4761 & 4754
- Experience working with cross discipline engineering teams
- Experience in airplane systems design and/or analysis (e.g. flight controls, hydraulics, avionics, fuels, etc.) and/or systems integration
- Experience collecting and analyzing data from multiple sources, as well as interpreting data and presenting analysis and recommendations to management
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:
- Experienced (Level 3): $114,750 - $155,250
- Senior (Level 4): $141,100 - $190,900
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Language Requirements: Not Applicable
Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
Relocation: Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
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 does not require a Security Clearance.
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 11,546 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$115–191K/yr
- Washington median$129–194K/yr305 salary ranges
- US median$116–190K/yr8,481 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $153K, is 5% below the Washington median midpoint ($162K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 364 open Systems Engineer jobs in Washington and 11,546 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,622 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,535 of the 11,546 open Systems Engineer jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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