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F/A-18 IDIQ Chief Integrator

Berkeley, Missouri Job ID JR2025475479 Category Engineering - Electronic and Electrical Role Type Onsite Post Date Oct. 01, 2025 Security Clearance Required
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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.

The Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) F/A-18 team is seeking a IDIQ Chief Integrator in St. Louis, MO.

The F/A-18 IDIQ Chief Integrator is responsible for ensuring the capabilities and initiatives developed for the F/A-18 and EA-18G are well-planned, tested thoroughly, and delivering the right value to the warfighter at the right time.

Responsibilities include:

  • Working with Initiative architects to define platform-level requirements and to ensure successful interoperability among all initiatives

  • Ensuring comprehensive testing is conducted on all initiatives and the system as a whole

  • Ensuring each integrator on the Solution is trained and equipped to perform top-level integration work

  • Developing AIT development checklists to ensure first-time quality is achieved in development of requirements, ICDs, tests, and analysis of data

  • Working with customers and suppliers on best way to integrate future capabilities (i.e. serves as consultant/SME).  The Chief Integrator is F-18 architecture knowledgeable and best understands how to integrate future capabilities in the subsystems (AMC, SMS, DTP-N, Radar, etc.).

  • Generating, maintaining, and enforcing F18 requirements, design and test standards. This would be a bigger picture than what TLEs do here and would complement what the TLEs perform.

  • Ensuring each integrator on the Solution is trained and equipped to perform integration, analysis, and testing tasks

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience):

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement 

  • 10+ years of avionics integration experience in the aerospace defense industry including analysis, integration, and test experience

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience):

  • Active Security Clearance

  • 15+ years of avionics integration experience in the aerospace defense industry including analysis, integration, and test experience

  • 10+ years of Integration and test experience on fighter aircraft and mission systems (weapons, sensors, etc.)

  • 10+ years leading integration teams performing core integration activities (analysis/integration/test) or serving as a SME/TLE to those teams

  • 5+ Years experience interfacing with customers including presenting analyses, creating roadmaps

  • Experience working in an Agile development environment

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Shift:

This position is for 1st Shift

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.

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.

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: $143,650 - $194,350


Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 15, 2025


Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, 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. 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.

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