Lead Software Engineer- Simulation

Lead Software Engineer- Simulation

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Global Services is currently seeking a highly motivated Lead Software Engineer to join the NetForce Synthetic Environment team as part of the Training Systems - Battlespace Simulation Management organization in Hazelwood, MO.

As the Lead Software Architect/Engineer, you will act as a technical SME developing software architecture for NetForce’s core products. You will lead on planning, designing, developing, integration and maintaining NetForce’s core products to meet program objectives. You will provide technical leadership for the entire tech stack of solutions needs for programs. You will lead software research and development projects ensuring its feasibility in the next gen products and services and advise program customers on software-level architecture and establish and maintain frequent and open communications with agile teams

BSM is responsible for the design, development, manufacture, and maintenance of training devices for a wide variety of commercial and military aircraft - everything from F-15 fighter jets to Apache attack helicopters, and even NASA's Starliner spacecraft. Software engineers on our team are responsible for all phases of the software lifecycle, including architecture, design, implementation and test. They are also directly involved in planning their own work, as part of the agile methodology, with a focus on technical excellence.

The BSM team is a large software development team comprised of several smaller agile teams, some with specialized skills. Our backlog includes everything from new feature development using cutting-edge technology to maintenance of legacy software baselines. The successful candidate will need to be comfortable working in an often fast-paced environment.  As an experienced member of the team, you will be supporting the entire product development life cycle within BSM.

Position Responsibilities:

• Serve as the focal point for NetForce to all Boeing users & programs.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers/Owners to define system-level software features.
• Provide technical leadership in day-to-day design and implementation decisions.
• Decompose system-level features into executable backlog items with the team.
• Write actionable user stories and maintain a groomed backlog for business stakeholder priorities, incorporating architectural changes recommended by engineering.
• Work with developers and testers to create appropriate and executable acceptance criteria.
• Enhance team productivity through a test-first mentality and acceptance test-driven development focus.
• Ensure the development team’s products effectively address program priorities while maintaining technical integrity and cost and schedule targets.
• Attend product management meetings, planning, and backlog/vision refinement sessions.
• Participate in team and system demonstrations.
• Coordinate feature dependencies across teams.
• Actively participate in retrospectives and other improvement workshops.
• Collaborate with teams to build and manage new features and capabilities while delivering the desired business impact.
• Own the technical roadmap and non-functional requirements for the product.
• Advocate for process improvements through an understanding of the engineering lifecycle and previous experience.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the team.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster innovation within the team.
• Contributes to the development and enhancement of the toolset and Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) processes

We work in a casual but professional environment with multi-disciplined teams of engineers that take pride in developing, integrating, testing and delivering innovative solutions. There is long-term potential for career growth into technical leadership or management positions and we value the curiosity, tenacity and imagination our engineers bring to our teams each day.

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.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• 10+ years of experience with Software Development lifecycle (including Requirements Analysis, Design, Code, Integration & Test)
• 10+ years of experience in programming in C/C++
• 3+ years of experience with Scaled Agile Framework enterprise (SAFe) or Agile
• 3+ years of experience managing or leading a team in the software development discipline
• Experience within the real-time simulation, including simulation system architectures, require