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Flight Software Engineer (Experienced/Senior)
Boeing Company · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- 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. USCIS also records 7 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- 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. 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 roles11 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).
- Last confirmed live 1 day agoWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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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Sponsor Radar — Boeing Company
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. USCIS also records 7 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Flight Software Engineer (Experienced/Senior) Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Flight Software Engineer (Experienced/Senior) to support our Flight Software Team located in El Segundo, CA or Mountain View, CA . This position will support the Boeing Defense Services ( BDS ) business organization. We are seeking a Software Engineer that is passionate about space and excited to work in a multi-disciplined, collaborative engineering environment that supports the design, development, and implementation of software for existing and emerging Boeing commercial and government space programs. This exciting software engineer position requires demonstrated experience within the software ecosystem, a diverse background of project experience, and the clear exhibition of superior judgment and decision making to engineer new solutions and support existing capabilities of multiple software programming projects. Demonstrated critical thinking and troubleshooting skills are required. Position Responsibilities (P3): • Design, Integrate, modify, test, and debug software that is integrated into embedded devices and systems and meets industry, customer, safety and regulation standards • Review, analyze, and translate customer requirements for software products for embedded devices and systems • Build and write code for embedded systems software to run on specific specialized hardware • Integrate embedded software with hardware components • Analyze, monitor and improve the efficiency and stability of embedded software systems • Test and debug software for embedded devices and systems • Drive software execution to deliver products on-cost and on-schedule to program • Responsible for satellite and payload software safety, assurance, quality, and engineering excellence • Produce design and test documentation and artifacts • Conduct Cyber Vulnerability Analysis (CVA) for multiple processing platforms within the satellite vehicle architecture • Design and implement cyber monitoring algorithms • Design and write custom tools to support configuration automation and improve development workflow. • Working and interfacing with a technically diverse user community and a multi-disciplined integrated product team (systems and software) • Highly motivated and must work well in a team environment Position Responsibilities (P4): • Lead the design, integration, modification, test, and debugging of software that is integrated into embedded devices and systems and meets industry, customer, safety and regulation standards • Lead review, analyses, and translation of customer requirements for software products for embedded devices and systems • Review code for embedded systems software to run on specific specialized hardware • Lead integration of embedded software with hardware components • Lead analyses, monitoring and improvement of the efficiency and stability of embedded software systems • Lead testing and debugging of software for embedded devices and systems • Advise on software and hardware integration domains • Lead tracking and evaluation of internal and supplier software team performance to ensure product and process compliance to project plans and industry standards • Lead software project management functions • Drive software execution to deliver products on-cost and on-schedule to programs • Responsible for satellite and payload software safety, assurance, quality, and engineering excellence • Produce and deliver design and test documentation and artifacts including program CDRLs • Conduct Cyber Vulnerability Analysis (CVA) for multiple processing platforms within the satellite vehicle architecture • Design and implement cyber monitoring algorithms • Design and write custom tools and pr