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Flight Software Engineers (Associate / Experienced / Senior)
Boeing Company · 🇺🇸 USA - El Segundo, CA
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 roles3 certified filings for “Manufacturing Engineer (Assembly and Installation)” (Industrial Engineers) in CA: $141k–$141k, median $141k. 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).
- 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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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 Engineers (Associate / Experienced / Senior) Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Company is currently seeking Flight Software Engineers (Associate / Experienced / Senior) to support our Flight Software Team located in El Segundo, CA . In this role, the individual will lead a team with design, implementation, and test of flight software with a focus on leadership, quality, earned value, and development of new capabilities for current and future satellite programs. This position will support the Boeing Defense Services ( BDS ) business organization. We are seeking Software Engineers that are 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 (P2): • Support 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 • Assist with review, analysis, and translation of customer requirements for software products for embedded devices and systems • Support building and writing code for embedded systems software to run on specific specialized hardware. • Contribute to integration of embedded software with hardware components • Support analysis, monitoring and improving the efficiency and stability of embedded software systems. • Participate in testing and debugging software for embedded devices and systems • Responsible for satellite and payload software safety, assurance, quality, and engineering excellence. • Assist in producing design and test documentation and artifacts • Assist in conducting Cyber Vulnerability Analysis (CVA) for multiple processing platforms in the satellite vehicle architecture • Assist in designing and implementing cyber monitoring algorithms. • Assist in designing and writing 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 (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 devel