Phantom Works Associate Guidance & Control Engineer
Boeing · Saint Charles, MO
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Controls
- Base pay
- $94k–$127k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level controls role at Boeing (aerospace & defense) in Saint Charles, MO. 1+ year of experience or coursework working with aircraft, missile, spacecraft, autonomous platform or similar vehicle Guidance or Control systems.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Base pay
- $94k–$127k
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in Missouri: typical posted base $94k–$140k. This one lists $94k–$127k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 20 controls engineer openings in Missouri, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Missouri plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 19 other live controls postings in Missouri.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- PLC 80%
- Automation 65%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 35%
- Robotics 35%
- Root cause 30%
- AutoCAD 30%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Responsibilities
- ◆Gather and define system level
requirements
for Guidance and Control systems or missions/trajectories
- ✓Perform design & analysis of Guidance and Control systems, simulations, models & tools
- ✓Support design reviews, analyses, simulations and component / system testing to ensure delivery of products that meet or exceed customer
requirements
and expectations
- ✓Support troubleshooting of delivered product operational / service anomalies and incidents
- ✓Participate in new business development efforts
- ✓Work under general supervision
Basic
(Required Skills and Experience)
- ✓Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent
qualifications
directly related to the work statement
- ✓2+ years work-related experience with a Bachelors degree OR an equivalent combination of work-related experience and technical education.
- ✓1+ year of experience or coursework working with aircraft, missile, spacecraft, autonomous platform or similar vehicle Guidance or Control systems
- ✓Experience using Matlab/Simulink or other modeling systems
- ✓Experience with one or more of the following programming languages (C, C++, Python, Matlab, etc.)
(Desired Skills and Experience)
- ✓Current active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance
- ✓Experience or coursework in Modern and Optimal Control Theory
- ✓Experience or coursework with simulation and / or system/component modeling
- ✓Experience or coursework with Kalman Filter design, estimation techniques
- ✓Experience or coursework with implementing algorithms in real time systems
Requirements
Not Applicable
Education
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
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Phantom Works Associate Guidance & Control Engineer
Company
The Boeing Company
At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the seabed to outer space, you’ll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.
The Boeing Company is actively recruiting for a Guidance and Control (G&C) Engineer in St. Charles, MO to support our Phantom Works Advanced Weapons programs.
Selected candidates will work a wide range of Advanced Weapons programs that will provide state-of-the-art G&C algorithms, performance analysis and simulation solutions to our customers, and will have visibility across the Boeing enterprise into modern G&C and simulation development methods.
Come join the Boeing Team!
Position
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 (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.
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: $93,500 - $126,500
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Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Export Control Requirement
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.
Safety Sensitive
This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.
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 Clearance Post-Start is required.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program award
Shift
Shift 1 (United States of America)
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