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Systems Software Engineer (Associate or Experienced)
Boeing Company · 🇺🇸 3 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Posting rules out sponsorship
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 roles3 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).
- 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.
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
Systems Software Engineer (Associate or Experienced) Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Company has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Software Engineer to join the FishTools program supporting the Space Mission Systems Software Team in Chantilly, VA, Mesa, AZ, or Aurora, CO. Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including; Associate and Experienced Software Engineers. The FishTools program develops and maintains a Collection Planning and Mission Management system widely used within the Intelligence community. This software system has become an integral part of imaging operations by facilitating the scheduling, analysis, and mission awareness of multiple space imaging platforms. We are looking for a skilled, motivated, and creative software systems engineer to develop innovative solutions and support existing capabilities of an agile software program for the national intelligence community. Position Responsibilities: • Supports/plans software development tasks including detailed software design, coding, and unit/integration/functional/system testing of customer desired features/user stories, ensuring successful achievement of acceptance criteria • Develops and sustains new and existing applications; as well as troubleshoot and resolve various software issues • Customer/stakeholder presentation and reporting skills • Briefs software designs and demonstrating software release functionality to customer/stakeholders/end users • Analyzes high level customer requirements and deriving lower-level functional requirements • Software development tasks including detailed software design, coding, and testing of customer desired features/user stories • Briefs software designs and demonstrating software release functionality to users • Develops and sustains new and existing applications; as well as troubleshoot and resolve various software issues • Contributes to the creation of new distributed components and interactions that align with the future system architecture. The existing multi-tiered system is developed on a cloud infrastructure with several consumer-facing web applications Security Clearance/ Customer Verification: This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active) A final U.S. Top Secret/ SCI Security Clearance with an adjudicated Counterintelligence Polygraph Post-Start is required. This position is contingent upon program/customer concurrence and security approval for program access. Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): • Bachelor’s Degree or higher • 1+ years’ experience analyzing data and/or identifying functional and systems requirements with customers • 1+ years’ experience in systems engineering including system architecture development, systems integration, and/or hardware/software design and analysis • 1+ years’ experience developing presentations and briefing customers • Familiarity with Agile or SAFe practices, including daily standup, User Stories, Sprints, and Release Planning Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): • Level 3: 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience • 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 and 5+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years of directly related work experience OR 13+ years of related, relevant experience • Experience leading projects and/or individuals in software development lifecycle tasks