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Senior Systems Engineer (Comm & Network Systems)

Colorado Springs, Colorado Job ID JR2025447555 Category Engineering - Systems Post Date Mar. 17, 2025
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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 Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems Division's Global Satellite Configuration and Control Equipment (GSCCE) program is seeking motivated, goal-achieving, and team oriented systems engineers to update, upgrade, and develop an updated and modernized global military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) ground system that will manage the WGS Payloads for all F1-F12 satellites — for the Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites.

Position Overview:

As a member of the GSCCE team, you will be involved in the entire product development lifecycle, from idea creation and development, all the way through to maintenance and support of the customer’s delivered system. These positions will place you in roles where you have the opportunity to make an impact on the results of our project. The GSCCE team offers a collaborative mentoring environment where you have the opportunity to learn from or lead others.  Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary engineering management process that evolves and verifies an integrated, life-cycle balanced set of system solutions that satisfy customer needs.

The successful candidate(s) will drive the daily execution of product development in a fast paced success oriented modified-agile environment. We seek candidates who have strong skills in system engineering including: designing, integrating, maintaining complex systems and products, requiring strong problem-solving, technical, and communication skills, and often involves working in teams and managing projects

Position Responsibilities:

Technology areas these positions will be focused on are:

  • Perform System Design analysis of Ground Infrastructure HW Baseline(s)

  • Lead Analysis of Performance Requirements, Performance Allocations to Segments, Subsystems.

  • Develop and Perform Simulation and Modeling to assess GSCCE System Performance Attributes

  • Establish a requirements baseline including analysis, derivation, allocation, and traceability of requirements and interfaces, including external systems and organizations

  • Requirements and Thread management through the use of System Mission Threads

  • Identify, Perform and Review design decisions, trade studies, architecture improvements

  • Decompose complex requirements into executable discrete user stories

  • Establish and support system level management and interfaces

  • Develop and manage risk and opportunity baseline

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

  • 5 years or more of experience implementing/maintaining requirements and problem solving.

  • 2 years or more of computer programming or knowledge of computer development

  • 5 years or more of experience in Engineering Discipline

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Prior experience with systems design

  • Software development & integration experience

  • SATCOM domain experience

  • Diagnose and solve complex technical problems.

  • Identify potential issues early in the development process

  • Develop and implement solutions to address problems

  • Develop system architectures and designs, considering various factors like performance, reliability, and cost

  • Analyze customer requirements and translate them into functional and technical specifications

  • Communicate technical information clearly and concisely

  • Document system designs and processes

  • Integrate different components and subsystems to form a complete system

  • Network infrastructure development experience

  • Agile Development and Tool experience

  • HW/SW Automated Test Verification experience

  • Track project progress and ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget (for Leads)

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.

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 (Senior, Level 4): $119,850 - $162,150

Summary pay range (Lead, level 5): $147,050 - $198,950


Applications for this position will be accepted until Apr. 08, 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

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this 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 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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