Sponsorship verdict
Posting rules out sponsorship
The posting rules out sponsorship or requires citizenship or security clearance.
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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 72 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
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The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
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No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
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What Boeing Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles11 certified filings for “Mechanical System Design & Analysis Engineer” (Mechanical Engineers) in WA: $135k–$170k, median $143k.
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Security clearance mentionedFrom the posting’s own wording.
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Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
Details and sources
- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 72 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Boeing Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 11 certified filings for “Mechanical System Design & Analysis Engineer” (Mechanical Engineers) in WA: $135k–$170k, median $143k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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About the role
Associate Test Engineer
Company:
The Boeing Company
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) seeks an Associate Test Engineer for Heath, Ohio to conduct development and overhaul of re-design strategies, that effect both hardware and software, for test equipment used in the mechanical and electronics testing of U.S. Strategic Deterrence Systems for the U.S. Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Guidance Systems, U.S. Air Force & U.S. Navy Guidance Systems, and other military programs.
We work in a casual but professional environment with multi-disciplined teams of engineers who take pride in developing, integrating, testing, and delivering innovative solutions. There is long-term potential for career growth into technical leadership or management positions and we value the curiosity, tenacity, and imagination our engineers bring to our teams each day. Engineering careers are both challenging and fulfilling. Come build your career with Boeing!
Position Responsibilities:
• Support a project management-based gated process using the phase-gate process
• Assist in the interpretation, analysis, and development of engineering data (blueprints, data sets, specification, logic diagrams, electrical circuit schematics, etc.) to support requirements
• Assist in demonstrating the effectiveness of test methods
• Develop test procedures and the instrumentation and configuration definition needed to perform each test and minimize risk
• Design component and sub-assembly level hardware or software, and use analytical tools to verify design
• Assist in coordinating the manufacture and assembly of internally overhauled or third party-procured test hardware
• Identify solutions to basic problems and support the development of metrology processes, methods, and tools
• Assist in evaluating test performance data for accuracy, quality, or fidelity. Alert senior engineers of off-nominal data and prepare test reports for review prior to delivery to customer
• Assist in the development of test debrief material
• Collaborate with program management, design authority engineering groups, operations, and government customer counterparts
• As assemblies, instruments, cables, and interfaces are replaced due to obsolescence, additional engineering responsibilities will include creating or revising and reviewing drawings and documents and conducting test and qualification of the overhauled test equipment
• Test software development and/or support experience using LabVIEW and/or Microsoft Visual Studio, or other comparable programming languages
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.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience).
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• 2+ years of related work experience and a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of related work experience and technical education
• 1+ years of manufacturing, production, or electrical/instrumentation engineering experience
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience):
• Proven record of either developing or executing test plans or test procedures
• Test software development and/or support experience using LabVIEW and/or Microsoft Visual Studio, or other comparable programming languages
• Laboratory testing, data analysis, instrumentation, system integration, or manufacturing (specifically assembly, integration, and test) experience
• Government or DoD program experience
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