Software Engineering Manager – Battlespace & Simulation Management

Software Engineering Manager – Battlespace & Simulation Management

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is looking for a Software Engineering Manager – Battlespace & Simulation Management to lead our Battlespace and Simulation Management (BSM) team in Hazelwood, MO. Join Battlespace and Simulation Management as a first-line software engineering leader and make a tangible impact on the future of simulation across military, commercial, and research platforms. You’ll own delivery across a broad product suite — Instructor/Operator Stations, threat environments, immersive visuals, and Live/Virtual/Constructive solutions — that power flight, maintenance, and aircrew training for tactical fighters, commercial derivatives, rotorcraft, and autonomous systems. Our solutions are used by domestic and international defense customers around the world. You will lead a highly diverse community of 100+ engineers working in a large Scaled Agile™ organization, where strong communication, relentless collaboration, and a focus on coaching and technical excellence are the keys to success.

This position will lead the segment of our BSM software portfolio of products focused on serving our customers and platforms within Government Training Engineering (GTE) including but not limited to AH-64 Apache, MH-139 Grey Wolf, T-7A, T-45, and MQ-25.

As a manager in BSM you will build and sustain high-performing software teams by attracting, developing, and retaining diverse talent through coaching, mentoring, and career-path stewardship. You will champion software functional excellence — from sound architecture and automated testing to repeatable delivery practices — and instill a culture of continuous improvement where lessons learned drive measurable gains in quality and predictability. You will also navigate multiple, often competing stakeholder priorities across internal Boeing organizations and external customers, proactively managing expectations, setting clear and pragmatic direction for your teams, and coordinating cross-functional dependencies to ensure aligned, timely outcomes.

BSM is a large, diverse software development team, which is supported by multiple managers. The successful candidate will need to work as part of this cohesive leadership team in determining the strategic and tactical direction of the BSM organization. Adaptability, the ability to work closely with others, and an open mind are essential attributes of management team members.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow a segment of the BSM software organization, coaching engineers and fostering a high-performance, inclusive team culture

• Drive on time delivery across cross-cutting products: Instructor/Operator Stations, threat environments, immersive visuals, and Live/Virtual/Constructive solutions

• Coordinate across 100+ software engineers and multiple teams in a large Scaled Agile™ environment to align priorities, remove impediments, and manage dependencies

• Communicate effectively with internal Boeing stakeholders, external customers and suppliers to translate customer needs into reliable software solutions

• Oversee technical approaches, review and approve plans, and ensure software quality, reliability, and maintainability across real-time and embedded systems

• Plan and manage integrated project schedules and budgets, maintain EVM discipline, and act as a Control Account Manager (CAM) where required

• Make staffing and resource recommendations, review team estimates, and support proposals for new contract work

• Balance technical debt, sustainment, and feature delivery while promoting DevSecOps and automated verification practices

• Represent the team in program reviews, customer meetings, and cross-discipline integration activities

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 5+ years of experience in software product development, integration, and delivery

• 5+ years of experience in the Software Development lifecycle (including Requirements Analysis, Design, Code, Integration & Test)

• 3+ years of experience leading or managing software engineering activities

• 3+ years of experience in scaled agile techniques such as SAFe, LeSS, etc.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline or 10+ years equivalent related experience

• 3+ years of experience as a CAM (cost account manager) in EVM (earned value management)

• DevSecOps experience including software build pipelines and testing/coverage automation

• Experience working in the modeling and simulation fi