Modernization Software Engineer (Associate or Mid-Level)

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

The Boeing Company has an exciting opportunity for a Modernization Software Engineer to support our Space Mission Systems (SMS) Ground Mission Management (GMM) team with our Global Satellite Configuration and Control Equipment (GSCCE) program in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including; Associate and Mid-Level Modernization Software Engineers.

As a member of the GSCCE team, you will be involved with updating and modernizing the global military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) ground system that will manage the Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites Payloads for all F1-F12 satellites. You will be involved in the entire product development lifecycle, from conceptualization and development to the maintenance and support of the delivered system for our customers.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains responsive applications using Java, Python, C++, React.js, HTML, CSS, and related technologies

• Designs, develops, analyzes, documents, and maintains software systems that meet industry, customer and internal quality, safety, security and certification standards

• Completes software system-level analyses to identify risks, issues and opportunities; integrates and deploys mitigation actions throughout the software lifecycle

• Performs code reviews to ensure alignment to requirements and standards. Monitors and reviews test completion, verification processes, and issue resolution for software systems

• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to review performance issues, identify root causes, recommend direction, and develop a solution to ensure optimal performance

• Develops clean, maintainable, and efficient code within the existing codebase, ensuring alignment with established architecture and coding standards

• Advocating for improvements to product quality, security, and performance that have a particular impact on your team and others

• Supports junior engineering talent with mentorship or technical guidance

• Excellent communication skills, working with end-users to design and build solutions to their needs, a habit of self-directed learning of new technologies, and the ability to learn quickly and adapt to a fast-paced environment

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• 1+ years’ career experience in systems engineering, systems integration, and/or software engineering

• 1+ years’ experience with Java

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Level 3: 3 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience 

• 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 and 2+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 6+ years of directly related work experience OR 10+ years of related, relevant experience

• Experience with web based development, leveraging ReactJS, Redux, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS

• Experience with RESTFul APIs

• Experience identifying security vulnerabilities within source code

• Experience with open-source software development

• Experience with web socket programming and object-oriented programming (i.e., Java)

• Experience troubleshooting software and network integration during platform deployments

• Experience integrating and troubleshooting front-end and back-end software components, including supporting fix regardless of component

• Knowledge of accessibility standards and best practices, along with experience supporting Government security requirements for software delivery involving system accreditation

• Experience working in an Agile software development environment utilizing Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.) or similar tools

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Work Location:

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  Th