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Lead or Senior Electrical Engineer

The Boeing Company

Huntsville, ALFull-time$137–223K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$137–223K/yr
Location
Huntsville, AL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance, required

Job overview

Boeing seeks a Lead or Senior Electrical Engineer for avionics design in Huntsville, Alabama. The engineer will lead a multidisciplinary team in designing and manufacturing a new avionics platform and serve as technical authority across its development, design, production, and testing. The role requires a U.S. security clearance and U.S. citizenship, and offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Multidisciplinary Team Leadership, requiredCircuit Card Assembly Design, requiredCircuit Card Bring-Up, requiredEngineering Milestone Reviews, requiredEngineering Development Programs, requiredEngineering Production Programs, requiredEngineering Release Processes, requiredEngineering Mentoring, requiredPower Distribution Systems, requiredAirborne Power Systems, requiredPower Amplification Systems, requiredFlight Computers, requiredIMUs, requiredSeeker/Radar Power Architectures, requiredProblem Solving, nice to haveComplex Systems Analysis, nice to haveTechnical Troubleshooting, nice to haveTechnical Proposal Development, nice to haveTest Equipment Design, nice to haveTest Equipment Validation, nice to haveSPICE, nice to haveMATLAB, nice to haveMentor Graphics Expedition, nice to haveHyperLynx, nice to haveOscilloscopes, nice to haveDMMs, nice to havePower Supplies, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Related, required9+ Years Related Work Experience or Equivalent, required5+ Years Leading Engineering Teams, requiredActive US Clearance, nice to haveUS Citizenship, requiredUS Person Export Control Status, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Lead or Senior Electrical Engineer

Company: The Boeing Company

Boeing is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead or Senior Electrical Engineer (RE) for Avionics Design in Huntsville, Alabama. As the avionics Lead EE you will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers to ensure the successful design and manufacturing of a new Avionics platform. The Lead EE will be the technical authority over the development, design, production, and test of the system.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Establishes a culture of proactive technical oversight, risk management and rapid issue resolution, providing alternative paths for issue resolution and an open dialogue on technical issues
  • Lead requirement, function, and interface development for a new Avionics system
  • Present data for the product at Design Reviews, product Acceptance and Qualification Reviews, and Delivery Reviews as required
  • Guide technical path for product definition and execution
  • Accountable to IPT Lead, IAMD CE and respective Program CE
  • Technical authority over the development, design, production, and test of a new Avionics system

This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship. An interim U.S. secret clearance Pre Start and final U.S. secret clearance Post Start is required.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/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 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications
  • Proven experience (5+ years) leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team in development or production environments
  • Demonstrated experience with circuit card assembly design and bring up
  • Experience with executing engineering in support of program milestone reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc)
  • Engineering experience on development and production programs
  • Experience supporting or managing engineering release processes
  • Experience mentoring early career engineers
  • Fundamental knowledge in power distribution systems, complex airborne power systems, power amplification systems, flight computers, IMUs, and/or Seeker/Radar system power architectures

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex systems and troubleshoot technical issues
  • Familiarity with technical proposal development
  • Familiarity with test equipment design and validation
  • Experience with SPICE, MATLAB, Mentor Graphics Expedition, and Hyperlynx
  • Extensive experience with lab and measurement tools, ex. Oscilloscopes, DMMs and Power Supplies, etc.
  • Active US clearance

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 & Pay Transparency: 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: Lead: $136,850 - $185,150 Senior: $164,900 - $223,100

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 U.S. Secret Clearance Pre-Start and 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 10,210 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$137–223K/yr
  • Alabama median$105–183K/yr101 salary ranges
  • US median$105–165K/yr6,652 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $180K, is 24% above the Alabama median midpoint ($145K) — in the top quarter of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in Alabama.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 165 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Alabama and 10,210 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Alabama
Experience
This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience — more than three in four Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 8,526 postings).
Education
6,539 of the 10,210 open Electrical Engineer jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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