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Phantom Works Associate Guidance & Control Engineer

The Boeing Company

Saint Charles, MOJob$94–127K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$94–127K/yr
Location
Saint Charles, MO
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Top Secret clearance

Job overview

Boeing is recruiting a Guidance and Control Engineer in St. Charles, Missouri, to support Phantom Works Advanced Weapons programs. The role develops guidance and control algorithms and provides performance analysis and simulation solutions. The engineer gathers system-level requirements, designs and analyzes systems and models, supports reviews and testing, troubleshoots operational issues, and participates in business development. The position requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent and experience with guidance and control systems, modeling, and programming.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Guidance and Control SystemsMatlab/SimulinkModeling SystemsProgrammingModern and Optimal Control TheorySimulation ModelingKalman Filter DesignEstimation TechniquesReal-Time Algorithm Implementation

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Related2+ Years Work-Related Experience or Equivalent1+ Year Guidance or Control Experience or CourseworkTop Secret ClearanceU.S. PersonU.S. Citizenship

Benefits

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

Full job description

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the seabed to outer space, you’ll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.

The Boeing Company is actively recruiting for a Guidance and Control (G&C) Engineer in St. Charles, MO to support our Phantom Works Advanced Weapons programs.

Selected candidates will work a wide range of Advanced Weapons programs that will provide state-of-the-art G&C algorithms, performance analysis and simulation solutions to our customers, and will have visibility across the Boeing enterprise into modern G&C and simulation development methods.

Come join the Boeing Team!

Position Responsibilities

  • Gather and define system level requirements for Guidance and Control systems or missions/trajectories

  • Perform design & analysis of Guidance and Control systems, simulations, models & tools

  • Support design reviews, analyses, simulations and component / system testing to ensure delivery of products that meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations

  • Support troubleshooting of delivered product operational / service anomalies and incidents

  • Participate in new business development efforts

  • Work under general supervision

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

  • 2+ years work-related experience with a Bachelors degree OR an equivalent combination of work-related experience and technical education.

  • 1+ year of experience or coursework working with aircraft, missile, spacecraft, autonomous platform or similar vehicle Guidance or Control systems

  • Experience using Matlab/Simulink or other modeling systems

  • Experience with one or more of the following programming languages (C, C++, Python, Matlab, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience):

  • Current active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance

  • Experience or coursework in Modern and Optimal Control Theory

  • Experience or coursework with simulation and / or system/component modeling

  • Experience or coursework with Kalman Filter design, estimation techniques

  • Experience or coursework with implementing algorithms in real time systems

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 (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: $93,500 - $126,500

Applications for this position will be accepted until Nov. 18, 2026

Export Control Requirements:

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.

Export Control Details:

US based job, US Person required

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

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. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,800 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$94–127K/yr
  • Missouri median$115–185K/yr110 salary ranges
  • US median$115–190K/yr8,840 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $110K, is 27% below the Missouri median midpoint ($150K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Missouri.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 133 open Systems Engineer jobs in Missouri and 11,800 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 2 years of experience — less than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,716 postings).
Education
4,402 of the 11,800 open Systems Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 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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