Associate Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Software Engineer

Associate Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Software Engineer

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Associate Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Software Engineer to join the Air Dominance division located in Berkeley, MO.  This position will focus on supporting the T-7A Program for the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business organization.

The VMS Software Team is seeking a Associate Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Software Engineer to support the development and maintenance of flight and subsystem control software for multiple fighter programs. The successful candidate will work with an existing team of real-time embedded software engineers; guidance, navigation and control (GNC) engineers; and hardware engineers to develop safety critical software on theT-7A. VMS software integrates flight control laws, aircraft surface command, aircraft sensor signal processing and subsystem control to ensure controlled flight. The software developed will include application layer software and low-level infrastructure software which will require close collaboration with hardware/firmware vendors. The software engineer will not only take part in software development, but will participate in the full development lifecycle; including requirements development, desktop test, lab test and support of flight test. Desired qualifications include Ada, C/C++, Perl, Python, C#, and embedded software experience.

The team develops products for the United States Air Force (USAF).

 

Position Responsibilities:

• Assists with the development, documentation and maintenance of architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces and designs for software systems

• Develops and maintains code and integrates software components into a fully functional software system

• Assists with test procedures and documenting test results to ensure software system requirements are met

• Supports software project management and software supplier management functions

• Selects, tailors and deploys processes and tools; establishes metrics

• Performs software research and trade studies

• Troubleshoots software issues

• Works under general supervision

This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
 

The selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• 2+ years experience in software development

• Working knowledge of implementing control system algorithms in real-time embedded software

• Experience with developing firmware for real-time embedded applications

   

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and communicate with stakeholders of different backgrounds and skill levels

• Experience developing embedded real-time software

• Experience working with Real-time Operating Systems (RTOS)

• Experience with object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD) methodologies

• Experience with Agile software development

Typical Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering discipline

• Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 2 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. Master)

• In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard
   

Travel:

Occasional travel may be required but would be less than 10%.
 

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.  Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.
 

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outli