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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
Lead Software Integration Engineer
Company:
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Lead Software Integration Engineer to support the A-MH program located in Berkeley, MO. This position provides program-wide coordination of software integration across shared laboratories, integration environments, and representative system environments.
The selected candidate will align execution to milestone schedules, manage dependencies, and coordinate delivery to meet program milestones.
Position Responsibilities:
• Lead software integration across shared laboratories, integration environments, and representative system environments
• Direct coordination of software insertion, baseline alignment, and integration readiness across embedded and other onboard systems
• Manage dependencies, execution risks, and handoffs needed to support integrated software capability delivery
• Identify and drive resolution of interface, sequencing, baseline, and environment issues affecting software integration across multiple technical domains
• Drive closure of action items required to support software integration events, software insertion, and environment readiness activities
• Provide leadership visibility into software integration status, major risks, dependency constraints, and recommended actions
• Improve execution discipline and predictability across software systems, lab, and integration teams
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related technical field
• 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.)
• 7+ years of experience with software requirements, software design, hardware software integration and testing
• 7+ years of experience leading others during the execution of a complex hardware or software development effort on an aerospace platform
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
• Active Top Secret clearance
• 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
• Significant experience supporting and coordinating complex aerospace, tactical aircraft, or other high-performance defense or military development programs involving substantial software and hardware integration
• Hands-on experience with laboratory, system integration, hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, or comparable representative integration environments
• Demonstrated success working across multiple disciplines and organizations to integrate software products in shared environments
• Strong working knowledge of software configuration management principles including baseline control, version status, and release content, sufficient to coordinate effectively with software configuration management stakeholders
• Experience coordinating readiness activities across multiple organization and distributed environments
• Proven ability to communicate software integration status, risks, and recommended actions to technical teams, integration stakeholders, and program leadership
• Demonstrated ability to assess integration risks and constraints, drive issue resolution, and escalate decisions or blockers at the appropriate level
Travel:
10%
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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