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Posting rules out sponsorship
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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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Citizenship requirement statedFrom the posting’s own wording.
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Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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- 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
Phantom Works Mechanisms Design Engineer (Senior or Experienced)
Company:
The Boeing Company
Boeing is seeking a Senior or Experienced Mechanism Design Engineer to support a Next Generation Cruise Missile program in St. Louis, MO .
This program will require individuals who excel at interdisciplinary collaboration and systems thinking. The Next Generation Cruise Missile program seeks to provide new capabilities rapidly, through prototyping, to operate in unique environments with emphasis on safety, security and reliability. The program will also require collaboration and coordination to meet the requirements for multiple stakeholders
BDS Phantom Works programs, develop complex, highly integrated, advanced systems, enabling future growth for Boeing and our Department of Defense (DoD) Customers. Individuals that aspire to lead technical teams, drive innovation, and take action to solve challenging problems, while shaping the future are ideal candidates for this position. If you thrive in a fast-paced culture, eagerly take action, set high standards for yourself, passionately honor commitments, strive to be the best and deliver results to achieve the unthinkable- this role is for you!
Position Responsibilities
• Support the development and documentation of mechanical and fluid system and thermal environment requirements to establish the system design
• Support the development, maintenance or modification of system, component and installation designs/proposals to provide design documentation to downstream groups
• Perform and document system performance using computational analysis tools to validate and verify systems and components meet requirements and specifications
• Perform detail design development and modification of mechanical and fluid system installations
• Contribute to supplier development, test and production activates and directs the supplier to optimize integration and achieve program goals
• Prepare technical documents for mechanical components and systems
• Support system components’ design/proposals standards to provide installation and detail documentation
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience):
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus on Mechanical, Civil, Aerospace Aeronautical or Material Sciences)
• 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• Experience with 3D solid modeling software applications (e.g. NX, Catia, CADD)
• Experience with mechanism /kinematic design
• 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 ability to obtain Special Program Access, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship only.
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience):
• (Level 4): 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• Experience with Unigraphics (UG)
• The ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in developing solutions to a wide range of complex technical problems, requiring ingenuity and innovation
Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) 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.
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