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Lead Systems Engineer

USA - Saint Charles, MO Posted today

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The posting rules out sponsorship or requires citizenship or security clearance.

  • 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.
  • The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
  • 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.
  • What Boeing Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles3 certified filings for “Systems Engineer (Reliab, Maintain & Sys Health)” (Information Technology Project Managers) in CA: $145k–$145k, median $145k.
  • Citizenship requirement statedFrom the posting’s own wording.
  • Security clearance mentionedFrom the posting’s own wording.
  • 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
3 certified filings for “Systems Engineer (Reliab, Maintain & Sys Health)” (Information Technology Project Managers) in CA: $145k–$145k, median $145k. 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 Systems Engineer Company: The Boeing Company Boeing Phantom Works is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to join the System Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) Team in Saint Charles, MO .   Boeing Phantom Works is designing and building the next generation of vehicles, and we’re looking for enthusiastic systems engineers to join us on that journey. As part of our team, you’ll work closely with other Phantom Works entities and industry partners to help design, integrate, and field architectures and vehicle designs to keep our country on the leading edge of defense technologies.   Join a multidisciplinary team where you’ll shape system requirements, guide integration and verification activities, and influence architecture that must meet operational needs. If you want to solve hard problems, accelerate innovation in autonomy and teaming, and contribute to a program that matters, then Boeing Phantom Works is the place to make a measurable impact.   Position Responsibilities: • Applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify complex lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions • Translate customer and operational needs into system performance requirements  • Guide cross-functional teams to define and maintain system requirements, interfaces, behaviors, and verification criteria for complex systems  • Integrate analyses in affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human factors, survivability, vulnerability, security, certification, and product assurance to achieve mission success  • Run design reviews and technical assessments, giving recommendations to improve system performance and reliability  • Maintain and improve requirements management, risk/issues/opportunity tracking, tools, and technology readiness assessment processes  • Lead the program in implementing and/or adopting the latest SE methodologies (e.g. Model Based Systems Engineering) to meet customer expectations  • Mentor, coach and advise engineers across the program in SE tools, techniques, planning and strategy     This position is expected to be 100% onsite (no hybrid or remote options). The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.     Travel may be required up to 10% of the time; Domestically and/or internationally depending on business needs.   This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required) (A U.S. Secret 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.   Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/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 • 7 or more years' related engineering experience   • Prior Systems Engineering experience (i.e. system design, functional decomposition, requirements development, analysis, verification, and validation)    Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): • Leadership experience to include but not limited to engineering leadership roles and/or leading work and driving teams to success  • Experience working in a Special Access program  • Experience leading Risk, Issue and Opportunity management process (RIO)  • Experience leading cross-IPT supplier integration and development  • Prior Management experience leading employees • Experience with improving the manufacturing process, development of tooling and equipment Conflict of Interest: Successful candidates for this job

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