Test Engineer

About the role

The Boeing Defense & Space (BDS) SEIT team is seeking a Test System Engineer Lead for the Sapphire program. This role is responsible for leading end-to-end Systems Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) efforts, managing test strategies, plans, and execution, and ensuring compliance with aerospace standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead SEIT efforts for Sapphire program, owning test strategy, planning, execution, and closure across lab, ground, and flight environments.
• Develop and maintain the program-level test & verification master plan, detailed test plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria; ensure traceability to system requirements.
• Define, establish, and manage integration labs, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) setups, test benches, telemetry, and data collection/analysis capabilities necessary to execute test campaigns.
• Career development and mentoring of a multidisciplinary test team including task allocation, performance feedback, and professional development.
• Establish and implement test automation, repeatability, and regression frameworks to facilitate continuous integration and continuous verification.
• Ensure compliance with applicable aerospace standards and certification artifacts (e.g., DO-178C, DO-254, MIL-STD), and support certification authorities and program audits.
• Produce and present test status, risk assessments, metrics, findings, and recommendations to program leadership and stakeholders; maintain schedule and resource forecasts.
• Incorporate safety, cybersecurity, and configuration management controls into test planning and execution; ensure test activities respect export control and classified handling requirements when applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience in systems integration and test, and leading complex, multi-discipline test teams or test organizations.
• 5+ years of experience in developing and executing system-level test plans, procedures, and campaigns across lab, HIL, and flight environments.
• 5+ years of experience with test automation and scripting in at least one language/toolset (e.g., Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, Tcl).
• 5+ years of experience applying requirements-based verification and maintaining requirement-to-test traceability using tools such as DOORS, Polarion, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience with configuration management, anomaly/defect tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, TeamCenter), and test data management.
• 5+ years of experience performing root-cause analysis and driving corrective actions across organizational boundaries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience briefing senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• 5+ years of experience in program-level planning, scheduling, and resource management skills.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, or related technical discipline.
• Prior experience with Boeing or other major aerospace/defense program test leadership, ideally on reconnaissance, space, or ISR programs.
• Knowledge of and experience supporting certification/compliance processes relevant to defense systems (DO-178C, DO-254, MIL-STD-882 for safety, RMF for cybersecurity).
• Experience with RF and sensor integration, networking, distributed systems, SATCOM, or EW domains relevant to the Sapphire mission set.
• Hands-on experience (5+ years) with software integration, embedded/real-time software testing, telemetry and data analysis; familiarity with flight-test support processes.
• Ability and strong desire to mentor and coach junior level test engineers.
• Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines for embedded systems and related toolchains (Jenkins, GitLab, etc.).
• Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools and workflows (e.g., SysML, Cameo, MagicDraw).
• Prior leadership experience in high-tempo flight test programs and hands-on flight test instrumentation/telemetry teams.
• Active TS/SCI or prior experience working with compartmented programs and handling classified test artifacts.
• Demonstrated success in negotiation and coordination with multiple subcontractors and industry partners.
• Professional certifications: INCOSE CSEP/ASEP, PMP, or equivalent.

Benefits

• Best-in-class 401(k) plan with immediate 100% vesting.
• Student Loan Match.
• Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
• Up to $10,000 gift match when supporting your favorite nonprofit organizations.

Pay & Benefits

• Summary pay range (level 4): $127,500 - $197,800
• Summary pay range (level 5): $153,000 - $239,200

Application Information

Applications for this position will be accepted until Jul. 10, 2026.