Skip to content
Updated How AI-exposed are the skills employers are hiring for? See the data →

From the employer's careers site First seen 29 Oct 2026

Systems Engineer (Senior or Principal)

Boeing Colorado Springs, CO On-site senior full-time

Salary

$164,900 - $223,100 per year

Apply on Boeing

Description

We are seeking a Senior or Principal Systems Engineer to work on the Boeing-led Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) National Team or the Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) National Team. As a Systems Engineer, you will contribute across mission assessment, architecture, requirements, Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE), integration, and test. You will work closely with government stakeholders, industry partners, and Boeing teams to shape system-level concepts, architectures, requirements, and assessments that drive incremental upgrades to America's Missile Defense System.

Responsibilities

Depending on your assignment, you will:

  • Define and evolve the MDA/C2BMC system architecture
  • Develop and maintain requirements and architecture artifacts
  • Run and support architecture and requirements trade studies
  • Own and improve the requirements management engine
  • Lead program-level risks/issues/opportunities tracking and technology readiness assessments
  • Collaborate frequently with MDA, warfighters, and industry partners
  • Plan and execute integration and checkout work
  • Evaluate results from integration/checkout activities
  • Define and drive the overall integration and test (I&T) strategy
  • Execute and document integration and test events
  • Evaluate system performance across realistic scenarios and architectures
  • Build and maintain analysis tools
  • Perform system and performance trade studies

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications
  • 12 or more years' related engineering experience
  • Prior experience in system engineering
  • Leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • 18 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Experience with missile-defense mission context
  • Requirements analysis & verification experience
  • Experience using MBSE / requirements tools
  • Experience leading architecture / requirements trade studies

Benefits

  • Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
  • Comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs
  • Boeing 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar matching
  • Student Loan Match program

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Missile Defense
  • Command and Control
  • Battle Management
  • Communications
  • MBSE
  • Python
  • MATLAB
  • Java
Apply on Boeing