Vehicle Management Systems Architect (Lead or Principal)
Quick Summary
Design and develop the overall architecture of the Vehicle Management System, ensuring scalability, reliability,
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Flight Systems Engineering Capability is currently seeking a Lead-Architect Vehicle Management Systems Hardware Engineer to join the Air Dominance Vehicle Management System (VMS), team located in Berkeley, MO.
You will work across engineering disciplines to help us design elements of the VMS hardware. You will collaborate with our requirement, hardware, software, and labs teams to implement and test your designs. Mechanical, Electrical, Aerodynamics, and other engineers are all welcome – to succeed in this role, you will need to leverage your area of expertise and quickly learn on the job about other areas to develop capabilities for our Vehicle Management System Computer. You will get to see tangible results of your efforts as you contribute to exciting aircraft development programs in St. Louis.
System Architecture Design: Expertise in designing complex, scalable, and modular vehicle management system architectures
Aerospace Systems Knowledge: Understanding of aerospace vehicle subsystems, avionics, and integration requirements
Hardware Integration: Strong experience with embedded systems, real-time operating systems, and communication protocols
Cybersecurity: Knowledge of securing vehicle systems against cyber threats and complying with industry security standards
Problem Solving and Troubleshooting: Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in system integration and performance
Collaboration and Communication: Excellent skills to work with multidisciplinary teams and effectively convey technical concepts.
Project Leadership: Experience leading technical teams and managing system development lifecycles
Regulatory Compliance: Familiarity with aerospace standards such as DO-178C, DO-254, ARP4754, and safety certification processes
Responsibilities
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Design and develop the overall architecture of the Vehicle Management System, ensuring scalability, reliability, and integration with existing aerospace platforms
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system requirements, establish design standards, and oversee the implementation of software and hardware components
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Lead technical reviews, troubleshoot system issues, and guide the continuous improvement and maintenance of the vehicle management system in compliance with aerospace safety and regulatory standards
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Understand and apply job practices, techniques, standards, principles, theories, and concepts
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Develop statement-of-work and technical performance specifications
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Analyze, translate, and implement customer requirements into system architecture, hardware design and interface specifications, showing traceability throughout the product lifecycle
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Defines test and validation approach to ensure system designs meet operational and functional requirements
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Investigate emerging technologies to develop concepts for future product designs to meet projected requirements and for potential application to internal business strategies
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Drive the evaluation and selection of emerging technologies to enhance vehicle system performance, cybersecurity, and data management capabilities
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Mentor engineering teams on architectural best practices and ensure documentation aligns with Boeing’s quality and compliance requirements
An interim Secret Clearance Pre-Start and Final Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
Requirements
~1 min readBachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
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Active Secret Clearance or higher
MSOSA/MBSE knowledgeable
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Not Applicable This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
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Listing Details
- Posted
- October 8, 2026
- First seen
- October 8, 2026
- Last seen
- October 8, 2026
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