Job Description
At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.
Boeing Defense, Space, and Security (BDS) is seeking a motivated and talented Air Proprietary Senior Project Engineer (Level 4/5) to join the Digital Engineering team in the St. Louis, Missouri region .
You will be joining a high-performing, cross-functional team responsible for developing a future-ready, state-of-the-art Digital Ecosystem. This position is contingent upon a future contract award.
In this role, you will lead the execution of the maturation of the digital ecosystem, which consists of interconnected technologies, platforms (such as manned and/or unmanned aircraft), and services that work together to enable collaboration and data exchanges among various participants, including customer and industry. This interconnectedness enhances customer mission readiness and effectiveness and drives innovation. In this role, you will drive program planning and execution to realize the program data management strategy, enable advanced data analytics and AI/ML, enable and streamline collaboration with customers and stakeholders, integrate high performance compute resources, networking infrastructure, and Service Desk activities.
The role will require extremely strong organization, communication, and a proven track record in project execution management. This Lead Project Engineer will help the Digital Ecosystem IPT leadership team with planning, coordinating, and managing the cross-functional tasks to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals. This includes collaborating with the internal teammates to define work packages, manage resources, develop execution plans, as well as manage subcontractor activities.
Additionally, the role involves establishing strong relationships across the program and with the customer.
Position Responsibilities:
Leads project execution to complete the work statement
Identifies performance metrics and uses the data to drive positive, predictable performance
Implement rolling wave planning techniques to adaptively plan for future work based on the capability roadmap, emerging technologies and program priorities
Supports and lead Program Increment (PI) and Sprint planning activities, including collaborating with Product Owners to define and prioritize the backlog for the upcoming PI
Facilitate discussions to identify dependencies and risks, and develop and manage mitigation strategies
Foster a culture of transparency and collaboration across teams
Provide technical, business and integration leadership for the development and execution of project or team plans
This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite.
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. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/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
9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
Multi-disciplinary technical expertise, working knowledge or project engineering in Model Based Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, and Data Science, including in classified computing infrastructure and architecture, along with a working knowledge of Department of Defense cyber security requirements
Earned Value Management (EVM) Control Account Manager (CAM) experience and training
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
Knowledge of or experience with Siemens Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and systems integration between Teamcenter and Enterprise Resource Planning and Manufacturing Execution Systems
Experience with collaboration, agile planning, and DevSecOps tools (Jira, Confluence, Gitlab)
Typical Education & Experience:
Lead (Level 4)
Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications. In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
Senior (Level 5)
Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications. In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
Work Shift:
This position will be for first shift.
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range (Level 4): $114,750 - $155,250
Summary pay range (Level 5): $140,250 - $189,750
Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 15, 2025
Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required
Education
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Security Clearance
This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
This position requires ability to obtain program access, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship only.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
Contingent Upon Program Reward
The position is contingent upon program award
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
