Lead RF Engineer - Aperture Architect
- Location
- Berkeley, MO
- Listed
- 3 days ago
Position Responsibilities
- Drives technical excellence throughout all aperture design activities
- Provides technical leadership and ensures use of best practices across programs
- Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products, and processes.
- Works closely with program managers, program chief engineers, and other Boeing teams to ensure mission success and prompt resolution of anomalies
- Provides mentoring and coaching to other aperture design engineers
- Captures lessons learned and best practices for implementation on future programs
- Resolves complex problems impacting completion of program milestones
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience)
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
- 14+ years of related work experience and a bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of related work experience and technical education
- Experience in leading the integration of RF apertures into air vehicles
- Experience with Computational Electromagnetics Modeling
- Experience with structural design practices
- Experience with low observable design practices
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience)
- Master of Science degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
- Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering in the Cameo/MSOSA suite
- Experience working in a lead role responsible for planning, organizing, and leading personnel to solve complex technical problems
- Experience leading antenna or RF aperture design studies
- Experience developing solutions to a wide range of complex technical problems, requiring reconciling multiple complex requirements
- Experience providing technical and leadership skills mentoring to early career engineers
- Experience with Earned Value Management to support the IPT Lead in managing team scope and progress
Conflict of Interest
- Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
- Signing Bonus: Potential signing bonus for eligible/qualified external candidates.
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.
Drug Free Workplace
The Boeing 401(k) helps you save for your future, with contributions from Boeing that can help you grow your retirement savings. Our best-in-class retirement benefit features:
- Best in class 401(k) plan: we'll match your contributions dollar for dollar, up to 10% of eligible pay with Immediate 100% vesting
- Student Loan Match: The Boeing 401(k) Student Loan Match allows eligible enrolled U.S. employees to have their qualified student loan debt payments counted, along with any match-eligible contributions they make, for purposes of determining the Company Match to employees' Boeing 401(k) accounts.
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
$164,900-$223,100
Language Requirements
Not Applicable
Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
Relocation: This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Export Control Requirement
- This is not an Export Control position.
- Safety Sensitive: This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.
Security Clearance
- This position requires a current Tier 5 (T5), formerly known as a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) (U.S. Citizenship required) or requires candidate agreed to enter a Continuous Evaluation program.
- Visa Sponsorship: Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
- Contingent Upon Award Program
The position is contingent upon program award
Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)
Stay safe from recruitment fraud! The only way to apply for a position at Boeing is via our Careers website. Learn how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud - Recruitment Fraud Warning
Company
The Boeing Company
Boeing Defense, Space & Security is seeking a Lead RF Engineer - Aperture Architect to serve as the engineering lead for the antennas and apertures on a major air proprietary program.
As the Lead RF Engineer - Aperture Architect, you will provide technical leadership and drive technical execution in the development of advanced RF antennas that balance performance across sensing, structural, and low observable requirements. You will be the technical lead for a team of engineers designing and integrating modern RF apertures and antennas. You will work with the IPT leader and IPT Chief Engineer to ensure the team produces a compliant system design.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Request an Accommodation
Applicant Privacy
- E-Verify (English)
- E-Verify (Spanish)
Right to Work Statement
- Right to Work (English)
- Right to Work (Spanish)
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) 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.
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.
From Boeing's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 6, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
How Rolev.ai helps with this application
Rolev.ai is a job search and application tool for US job seekers. For this Lead RF Engineer - Aperture Architect role at Boeing, it shows how your resume fits, tailors your resume to the posting, and prepares the application for you to review.
See how you fit
Openings from employer career sites are ranked against your whole resume—and searchable inside Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor via Rolev.ai MCP.
Tailor without inventing
Every change to your resume is checked against your original. New experience goes in only with your yes—zero fabricated claims.
Draft the full kit
Tailored and Full Match resumes, role-specific cover letters, and answers to employer screening questions are prepared in seconds.
1-Click Extension Autofill
The Chrome extension fills the employer's Greenhouse, Workday, Lever, or Ashby form in 1 click. You review it and press Submit.
Similar roles
- Lead RF Data ScientistForterra · Durham, NC
- Lead RF Hardware EngineerCX2 · El Segundo, CA
- Lead RF Engineer, Reflector AntennaLogos Space · San Diego, CA
- Lead RF Test & Integration EngineerNeros Technologies · Torrance, CA
- Lead RF Systems Integration EngineerSTR · Woburn, MA
- Lead RF Systems Engineer (Tactical Comms / SDR / DSP)Two Six Technologies · Herndon, VA
Common questions
Where is the Lead RF Engineer - Aperture Architect job at Boeing located?
This Lead RF Engineer - Aperture Architect position at Boeing is located in Berkeley, MO. Always check Boeing's application page for specific state eligibility or relocation policies.
How do I apply for the Lead RF Engineer - Aperture Architect position at Boeing?
This listing links directly to Boeing's Workday application page. You can apply directly on Boeing's site, or use Rolev.ai to check your resume fit, generate a zero-hallucination tailored resume and cover letter for this posting, and autofill the Workday application form in 1 click with the Rolev.ai Chrome extension. You always review the form and press Submit yourself.