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Experienced Software Engineers, Precision Engagement Systems

Boeing
Saint Charles, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Apr 2026
💰 $171,350/yr($126,650/yr$171,350/yr)

About the role

Experienced Software Engineers, Precision Engagement Systems

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Precision Engagement Systems organization in St. Charles, MO, is seeking several Experienced Software Engineers to develop, integrate, test, and deliver complex software solutions.  The Precision Engagement Systems organization is a strong and growing business that produces a variety of precision-guided weapons, which are employed around the world to support the defense of the United States and more than 30 U.S. allied countries, making a significant global impact.

In Saint Charles, MO, we support Direct Attack weapons (JDAM, SDB, MOP, HAAWC and derivatives) and Cruise Missiles (SLAM-ER, Harpoon legacy and development weapons) deployed on a range of military aircraft and select ground platforms.  This exceptional software team is responsible for developing and maintaining the Operational Flight Programming (OFP) software and other real-time embedded software products that fulfill the mission processing functionality of the weapon systems.  We use the Agile methodology and the Secure Digital Transformation Environment tool stack (Jira, BitBucket, Confluence, Artifactory) to develop the OFP software, written in Ada.  

Join us. Build the future of missioncritical software. 

The experienced software engineers will join a multi-discipline team to design and build software solutions. Engineers will work across all phases of the software development lifecycle and take ownership of features from design through deployment. Our work includes developing real-time embedded applications, creating models and simulations, implementing DevOps practices and automated development environments, building support tools, and managing software configuration and Agile release processes.

Position Responsibilities:  

  • Collaborate with a multi-discipline engineering team to create and implement Operational Flight Program (OFP) software solutions 

  • Contribute in all phases of the software development lifecycle in an Agile development environment 

  • Develop solutions using Ada or C/C++

  • Test your software and assist system level testing to verify correct software functionality 

  • Analyze problem reports and troubleshooting software defects 

  • Develop leadership skills and experience 

  • Opportunity to work directly with United States Air Force and Navy customers 

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience): 

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. secret security clearance

  • Bachelor’s degree

  • 3+ years of experience in real-time embedded software development 

  • 3+ years of experience in developing software using Object Oriented principles 

  • 3+ years of experience working in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Level 3 / 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 5+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years of directly related work experience OR 13+ years of related, relevant experience

  • Active U.S. secret clearance 

  • Experience with Ada or C/C++

  • Experience working in an Agile software development environment 

  • Experience with Git or a similar version control system 

  • Experience developing and tracing software requirements  

Drug Free Workplace: 

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies. 

Relocation:  

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

CodeVue Coding Challenge:   

To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.  

Conflict of Interest:

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

Pay & Benefits:  

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay

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