Boeing
Associate or Mid-Level Guidance Nav & Control Engineer (Navigation Sys/Inertial Sensor)
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Develops flight systems and guidance, navigation, and control solutions for spacecraft. Responsibilities include system architecture, requirements definition and allocation, trade studies, verification and validation, integration and testing, control-system analysis, sensor and actuator readiness, technical issue resolution, and mentoring systems engineers. The role is fully onsite in El Segundo and supports high-value defense and space programs.
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.
This is Boeing: Each of us is an innovator on a mission to connect, protect, explore, and inspire. From seabed to outer space, you'll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) seeks an experienced Associate or Mid-Level Flight Systems Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, California to develop and execute requirements definition, flow down, systems design, analysis, design verification and validation, and systems integration and test. You will also ensure flight sensors and actuators hardware meet requirements and are flight ready.
Position Responsibilities:
This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite in El Segundo, CA.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
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.
Relocation: This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.
Pay & Benefits:
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 (Associate - Level 2): $100.300 - $135,700
Summary Pay Range (Mid-Level- Level 3): $124,100 - $167,900
Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 30, 2026
Export Control Requirements:
This is not an Export Control position.
Education
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Security Clearance
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret/SCI Clearance Post-Start is required.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
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.
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.
This is Boeing: Each of us is an innovator on a mission to connect, protect, explore, and inspire. From seabed to outer space, you'll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) seeks an experienced Associate or Mid-Level Flight Systems Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, California to develop and execute requirements definition, flow down, systems design, analysis, design verification and validation, and systems integration and test. You will also ensure flight sensors and actuators hardware meet requirements and are flight ready.
Position Responsibilities:
- Develop system architecture solutions.
- Plan and lead high NRE projects (Non-Recurring Engineering).
- Resolve technical issues and ensure the spacecraft and system are flight worthy prior to delivery.
- Develop solutions to assure customer satisfaction.
- Perform trade studies to meet program requirements.
- Assist with analyses to evaluate and optimize total system performance to meet customer and operational needs.
- Teach and mentor other systems engineers.
This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite in El Segundo, CA.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
- This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship as a condition of employment. A final U.S. Top Secret/SCI Clearance Post-Start is required
- 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.
- Experience with deriving and allocating requirements (e.g., system, sub-system, software) and showing traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
- 1+ years of experience in systems engineering (requirements definition, allocation, verification, architecture design and trade design).
- Experience working with cross discipline engineering teams.
- Experience supporting deliverables for both internal and external customers.
- Experience with control theory and design.
- 1 + years of experience with propulsion GNC, Avionics design/integration.
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
- Exposure to PDR/CDR processes and flight test support
- Basic programming skills in Python and/or C/C++
- Hands-on experience developing or using simulation models to validate control designs
- Familiarity with model-based design and analysis tools, particularly MATLAB/Simulink
- Working knowledge of avionics sensors and actuators
- Experience working in a lab environment, including hardware/software integration, test setup, and data collection/analysis
- Level 2 (Associate): Typically 2 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications.
- Level 3 (Mid-Level): Typically 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications.
Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
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.
Relocation: This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.
Pay & Benefits:
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 (Associate - Level 2): $100.300 - $135,700
Summary Pay Range (Mid-Level- Level 3): $124,100 - $167,900
Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 30, 2026
Export Control Requirements:
This is not an Export Control position.
Education
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Security Clearance
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret/SCI Clearance Post-Start is required.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
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 Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
100 N. Riverside, Chicago, IL, United States, 60606-1596
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