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Lab Test Systems Safety Engineer - (Mid-Level or Senior)

Berkeley, Missouri Job ID JR2025477493 Category Engineering - Safety & Airworthiness Role Type Onsite Post Date Oct. 08, 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.

Boeing Test and Evaluation (BT&E) Lab Test is seeking an experienced Lab Test System Safety Engineer who will lead exciting system safety activities of complex advanced aerospace programs in Berkeley, MO.

The ideal candidate will perform safety risk management assessments of complex system designs throughout the life cycle of a product and program.   This includes hazard identification, risk assessment, safety requirements development, mitigation verification, and compliance with applicable regulatory and company safety standards.

This position supports senior leadership and individual contributors to help them understand and apply their daily responsibilities within Boeing’s Safety Management System (SMS).  Focus will be on product and “test” service safety in highly complex and dynamic lab test environments including Structures, Electromagnetic, Polysonic Wind tunnel, Metrology, Environmental and Thermodynamics testing.

This role requires; a systems thinking approach to mitigate risks along with a keen awareness and understanding of test hazards, the ability to work collaboratively across a broad section of program and test capabilities to support the test capabilities statement of work and the development of product and “test” service safety requirements in the design process and throughout BT&E’s Product Test Life Cycle (PTLC) and the lifecycle of a program. The selected candid will lead Safety Action Groups (SAGs), promote a positive safety culture, and actively apply elements associated with all four SMS pillars.

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Mid-Level and Senior Level Lab Test System Safety Engineers.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Conducts system research and analysis to identify potential or investigate reported in-service fleet hazards, risks, and safety concerns and quantifies impact

  • Identifies safety and mission assurance issue systemic root causes and recommends corrective actions using industry best practices

  • Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to define, validate, and integrate safety, mission success, and airworthiness requirements; incorporates into designs, operations, and procedures

  • Performs or reviews tests, analyses, inspections, audits, and simulations to verify system meets defined safety and mission assurance requirements

  • Creates and maintains aerospace safety and mission assurance tools and processes

  • Documents safety analysis, hazard mitigation, validation and verification activities in compliance with relevant customer and regulatory safety standard

  • Develops and maintains safety and corrective action plans

  • Assists with demonstrating safety hazard risk mitigations and control methods to the customer and regulators

  • Ensures mission success through execution of Mission Assurance activities throughout the program lifecycle

  • Contributes to establishing global safety advocacy strategies, training, tools, and methods

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science

  • Experience working with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams

  • Experience performing analyses, preparing presentations and reports for program design reviews, and test/mission readiness reviews

  • Experience presenting oral and written system safety and risk presentations to peers, program management, senior leadership, and customers

  • Experience working with safety analyses such as Risk Assessments, Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Fault-tree Analysis (FTA), etc.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Level 4: 5 or more years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

  • 3+ years of experience in systems safety engineering   

  • 3+ years of experience with system safety analysis

  • Experience with product safety or quality management experience, ideally with safety management systems, safety risk management processes and leading hazard analyses for novel systems

  • Environmental Health Safety (EHS) background and experience

  • Certified Safety Professional (CSP) is desirable and/or 3+ years of EHS experience

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 for Experienced (Level 3):  $97,750 – $132,250

Summary Pay Range for Senior level (Level 4):  $119,850 – $162,150


Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 16, 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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