Lead Software Engineer, Secure Network & Protocols

Lead Software Engineer, Secure Network & Protocols

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to support our Boeing Research and Technology (BR&T) team in Seattle, WA or Huntington Beach, CA to help create world-class, next-generation software-based networking and cybersecurity technologies. 

Ideal candidates will have network development experience, particularly in TCP/IP, UDP, sockets, HTTPS, or REST interfaces. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of network software engineering and want to impact the field significantly, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Understanding and meeting the requirements of management, peers, and customers is essential for this role. The successful candidate must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work effectively in a dynamic team environment. Additionally, they must facilitate the successful technology transition from the research environment to Boeing programs and external customers.

The successful candidate will be capable of utilizing software tools to program in C, C++, Python, and shell scripts.  This includes experience in applying these tools in the context of Linux kernel programming, distributed networking systems, interfacing with Linux networking stack such as netfilter framework, and/or developing Linux network device drivers. 

Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality implementation, testing, and documentation results on past projects should be a key to selection. Experience with developing hardware abstraction layer designs and firmware is desirable.  Being self-motivated, positive, and enjoying research-oriented projects while being challenged to learn new things is essential.

In this Network Software Engineer role, you'll have an exciting opportunity to support, lead, and develop software for groundbreaking concepts in tactical mobile ad-hoc network protocols, sensor protocols, airborne network overlays, and network management technologies. Your expertise will be crucial in maturing these concepts and software, proving the feasibility of innovative network technologies. You'll have the chance to build impressive prototypes that showcase these advancements' capabilities and test them in relevant environments.

Shape the future and transform network software engineering!

Position Responsibilities:

• Serves as a senior/lead software developer for new concepts across tactical mobile ad-hoc network protocols, sensor protocols, airborne network overlays, or network management technologies

• Responsible for maturing the concepts and software to prove the feasibility of new network technologies

• Responsible for building prototypes to demonstrate the capability and the test and evaluation of prototypes in relevant environments

• Responsible for the development and deployment of a microservice architecture to serve the mission

• Drive ground software execution to deliver products on cost and on schedule to programs. 

• Responsible for ground software security, safety, assurance, quality, and engineering excellence. 

• Drive first-time quality in all phases of the software development lifecycle

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work on-site at one of the listed location options.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience with end-to-end knowledge of network transport technologies, systems, environments, services, protocols, performance monitoring and diagnostic analysis

• 3+ years of experience working with the Common Open Research Emulator (CORE)

• 3+ years of experience with C/C++ coding or java/python script development

• 2+ years of network development experience (TCP/IP, UDP, sockets, HTTPS, REST interface)

• 1+ years of experience with Linux Kernel architecture and key areas of implementation

• Experience working in an Agile software development methodology environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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

• Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance

• Experience leading projects, interfacing with customers, and demonstrating an ability to deliver high-quality implementation, testing, and documenting results

• Experience working with leadership, peers, and internal and external customers to understand and drive requirements<