Mission Systems Lead Software Architect

Mission Systems Lead Software Architect

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is looking for a Mission Systems Lead Software Architect to join the Air Proprietary 2 Mission Systems team located in Berkeley, MO. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business organization.

The Mission Systems Lead Software Architect is responsible for establishing software architecture, guiding overall design, supporting its implementation, and managing/refining it during subsequent lifecycle phases. The architect will be the primary software technical point of contact for Mission Systems.  This role will be responsible for all Mission Systems software across a variety of security levels, to include software developed by a variety of suppliers.  This architect will help teams understand the compliance to software development, related standards, and policy enforcement based on software processes.  This role will also coordinate with the Digital Engineering Environment team, Systems Engineering, Customers, and Program Leadership

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the Mission Systems software architecture roadmap and vision working with the Platform Software Architect and Mission Systems Chief Architect

• Ensures software teams develop, document, and maintain architecture, requirements, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for software systems

• Supports implementation of containerized software architecture across multiple types of hardware

• Ensures compliance and supports policy enforcement for applicable processes, reference architectures, and industry standards

• Tracks and evaluates supplier performance to ensure product and process conformance to roadmaps, industry standards and contracts

• Ensures development of code and integration of complex software components into a fully functional software system

• Oversee software verification plans, test procedures, and test environments, executing the test procedures and documenting test results to ensure software requirements are met

• Plans, executes, and documents, software research and development projects

• Tracks and evaluates supplier performance to ensure product and process conformance to project plans and industry standards

• Responsible for coordinating across the Mission Systems solution team, Supply Chain, the Digital Engineering Environment team, and Systems Engineering

• Trains and mentor’s others

• Works under minimal direction

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. Ability to obtain Secret U.S. Security clearance (Post-Start)

• 3+ years of experience in software architecture and design of embedded software systems

• 7+ years’ experience with C++, C#, Java, or Python

• 1+ years’ experience leading software-related projects or technical teams

• 1+ years’ experience with requirements, design, development, and test of software systems products

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Lead / Level 5: 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 14+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 18+ years of directly related work experience OR 22+ years of related, relevant experience

• Experience with embedded software architecture/development/design

• Experience developing mission systems software on aircraft platforms

• Experience with distributed and containerized software architecture

• Hands on experience developing on the Linux platform and Windows

• Experience with Agile software development and related processes

• Familiar open architecture constructs like Open Mission Systems (OMS), Open Communication Standard (OCS), utilizing the Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI)

• Familiar with safety critical software development

• Experience with secure software development environments at various levels of security

• Active Secret U.S. Security Clearance

Conflict of Interest:

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

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