Experienced Software Engineer

Experienced Software Engineer

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is currently seeking an Experienced Software Engineer to join our B-52J Navigation and Displays team located in Kent, Washington in support of the B-52J CERP program within Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS). The role focuses on flight software development and avionics modernization for a long-serving, iconic military aircraft; and it is ideal for someone passionate about embedded avionics and control systems who is ready to go beyond coding to defining the work, leading others to execute, and owning the outcome.

 
The ideal candidate will be an independent contributor who supports lifecycle activities — design, development, integration, verification, process/tool deployment, supplier and project coordination, research, and troubleshooting — under minimum direction from technical leads, product owner, and functional manager. This is a high-impact and high-influence role where you will own project goals and their relationship to the big-picture and business context; identify and suggest improvements to potential issues in architecture, design, and code; drive technical direction and influence processes while handling ambiguity under tight constraints; and mentor other engineers on team direction and technical skills.

If you are excited about building dependable embedded systems and contributing your flight software knowledge and leadership skills to a historic aircraft modernization, we’d love to hear from you — please apply today to join the B-52J Navigation and Displays team and help shape the future of this mission-critical program.

Position Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, tests, and maintains embedded software throughout the end-to-end lifecycle that meets industry, customer, safety, and regulation standards

• Reviews, analyzes, and translates customer requirements into initial design of software products

• Develops, maintains, enhances and optimizes software products and functionalities for systems integrations

• Develops, documents and maintains architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces and designs for software products

• Debugs and resolves issues identified to ensure the reliability and efficiency of software products

• Handles user inquiries, troubleshoots technical issues and user feedback analysis

• Implements current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks and changes in regulations relevant to software development

• Develops, establishes, monitors and improves software processes, tools and key performance metrics that align projects with organizational goals and industry benchmarks

• Executes and documents software research and development projects

• Advises on software domains, system-specific issues, processes and regulations

• Performs software project management activities and software supplier management functions

• Tracks and evaluates software team and supplier performance to ensure product and process compliance to project plans and industry standards

Basic Qualifications

• Five (5) or more years of professional experience in software development lifecycle including design, development, integration, verification, process/tool deployment, supplier and project coordination, research, and troubleshooting

• Experience in Agile software development and workflow tools such as VS Code and platforms such as Gitlab

• Experience developing embedded real-time software with C, C++, Java, Python, Rust, or Ada

• Experience working with real-time operating systems (RTOS)

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

• Understanding of the interactions between hardware, software, and system safety

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering technology (e.g., computer engineering, computer science, software engineering, electronics engineering, or electric engineering)

• Experience leading major programs or complex designs for avionics or control systems for commercial and military applications

• Knowledge of how to derive and allocate requirements (e.g., system, sub-system, software) and show traceability throughout the product lifecycle

• Knowledge of software architecture and design methodologies including ability to synthesize software architectures and designs to meet product requirements, characteristics and constraints

• Knowledge of implementation, validation,