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Lead Software Engineer-Simulation
Boeing Company · 🇺🇸 USA - Berkeley, MO
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The posting rules out sponsorship or requires citizenship/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. 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).
- Security clearance mentionedFrom the posting’s own wording.
- Confirmed live todayWhen 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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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
Lead Software Engineer-Simulation Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Lead Software Engineer-Simulation (Level 5) to join the Flight Simulation | Labs team located in Berkeley, MO. Flight Simulation | Labs provides comprehensive simulation and laboratory solutions for the design, development, and deployment of Boeing Defense Systems products. This position is for a Lead Software Developer on the Test Development Kit (TDK) project on the Flight Simulation Core Software team. TDK is a simulation architecture and toolset which comprises the core Modeling & Simulation infrastructure for multiple current and future generation Boeing defense platforms. The TDK product is critical to the success of the supported programs. The TDK Lead Software Engineer will lead the design, architecture, and development of the TDK framework, models and tools to facilitate the testing and analysis needs of the programs. The Lead Software Engineer will serve as a subject matter expert on the TDK product and simulation in general, and as a customer facing technical expert for the Flight Simulation | Labs (FSL) TDK product and capabilities. Position Responsibilities: • Oversees the design, architecture, and development of simulation models, simulation visualizations, virtual environments/platforms and frameworks to enhance test performance, safety, and durability of software and hardware systems throughout the entire product lifecycle. • Partners with stakeholders to advise on the review and identification of simulation requirements and dynamics of the systems being simulated. • Oversees the design, modeling, simulation, testing, and analysis to assess and optimize overall system performance and capabilities. • Reviews data collection and processing for use in simulations. • Oversees validation, verification, and refinement of simulation software code, models, simulations, test procedures and test environments, executing test procedures, documenting test results and modeling against real-world data, test data, benchmarks, or other similar models. • Reviews the documentation and maintenance of technical code, algorithms, specifications and descriptions of simulation models. • Partners with cross functional engineering teams to advise on integration of simulation software with hardware devices and systems. • Oversees implementing current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks, and methods in the software engineering simulation environment. • Oversees modernizing, migrating, sustaining, and updating simulation software to adapt legacy systems to new operating systems. • Oversees simulation software project management functions. • Advises management and influences internal practices on a wide range of topics related to the software engineering simulation environments. Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience): • Bachelor’s Degree • Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. Ability to obtain Secret U.S. Security clearance (Post-Start) • 10+ years of work-related experience with object oriented software development (C/C++, Java) • 10+ years of work-related experience in embedded real-time software development • 7+ years of experience with modeling and simulation • 7+ years of experience with software requirements, software design, hardware software integration and testing • Experience working with development and administration in Linux systems in virtualized environments (CentOS and RHEL is a plus) Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physi