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Senior System Design Architect

Berkeley, Missouri Job ID JR2025444034 Category Engineering - Electronic and Electrical Post Date Feb. 12, 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 Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is seeking a Senior System Design Architect in Berkeley, MO  to join the F-22 Raptor Mission System Design Team with a focus on developing cutting edge engineering solutions to continue to advance the world’s premier air superiority fighter.

As the System Design Architect, you will be responsible for developing engineering solutions for the F-22 Raptor, including both enhancing existing field units with the addition of new capabilities as well as architecting completely new systems. In this role you will be joining a cross-functional team to progress our products through the development lifecycle. The day-today activities of this position will be a combination of traditional design engineering, collaborating with cross-functional peers, leading and mentoring others, presenting technical challenges and solutions to leadership, and Technical Supplier Management (TSM).

Position Responsibilities:

  • Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical personnel at all organization levels including suppliers and customers

  • Identify, coordinate and communicate requirements, functional threads and interfaces for incorporation into system architecture, modeling environment and system physical design

  • Oversee development of Systems Electronics/Device Modeling and integration with larger system(s)

  • Integrate technologies under development with larger system concept of operations and determine impacts to interfaces, integration techniques, manufacturability and integrated system testing

  • Identify, innovate and oversee development and maintenance of new tools and processes to support this work scope

  • Develop new innovative techniques to validate analytical models and performance budgets in addition to definition of experiments and test methodologies

  • Define functional architecture and modeling needs and coordinate efforts with functional architecture and modeling/simulation teams to meet end item deliverable test, verification & validation dates

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

This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

This position requires the ability to obtain program access, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship only.  F-22 Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

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

  • 14+ years of working experience with a Bachelor’s OR 12+ years with a Master's OR 9+ years with a PhD

  • 5+ years of experience in system design, functional decomposition, requirements development, analysis, verification and validation

  • 1+ year of experience interfacing with U.S Government customers on requirements

  • 2+ years of experience leading analysis and translation of complex requirements into system architecture, hardware and software designs and interface specifications

  • Experience in avionics, electrical, and/or a mission systems role

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering

  • Experience in working in a model-based system engineering environment

  • Experience with agile development methodologies

  • Experience with high performance parallel computing architectures

  • Education and/or experience in 1 or more of the following tools: Cameo, DOORS, SysML, DoDAF

  • Capable of traveling 10% of the time

Typical Education/Experience: 

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+9 years' related work experience, Master+12 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

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.

Shift:

This position is for 1st shift.

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 (Level 5): $143,650 - $194,350

Applications for this position will be accepted through February 27, 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

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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