Lead Software Systems Engineer

Lead Software Systems Engineer

Company:
The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Software Systems Engineer to join the P-8 Missions System Software Engineering team in Kent, WA.

The P-8 Mission Systems Software architecture team needs a strong software architect on-site to lead a software product baseline team.

The P-8 Poseidon program is the premier Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) platform for the US Navy and several international partners. Candidates will belong to an Agile software engineering development team that supports architecture, requirements, framework, operating system, and application development.

This engineer shall lead, oversee, and direct design, development, analysis, and maintenance of software systems, possess applicable domain experience, and work with internal and external teams across the P-8 Program to support a software product baseline. Duties include but are not limited to: developing requirements, creation of design documentation inputs/formatting, technical coordination/cross-training, software development, and software validation and testing.

Position Responsibilities:

• Leads the planning of software development tasks including detailed software design, coding, and unit/integration/functional/system testing of customer desired features/user stories, ensuring successful achievement of acceptance criteria
• Leads and oversees the design, architecture, prototyping, and development of mission computing and software modernization
• Partners with software and hardware stakeholders to inform system definition and oversees translation of system-level requirements into software requirements to meet Navy customer capability requests
• Provides cross-team architecture level guidance for P-8 Mission Systems Software including estimation of new business and opportunities
• Reviews completion of software system-level analyses to identify risk, issues and opportunities; leads integration and deployment of mitigation actions throughout the software lifecycle
• Leads code reviews to ensure alignment to requirements and standard
• Mentor's junior engineers and provide cross-training within the team by implementing and documenting standard design, test, and execution processes and procedures

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor's Degree
• This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
• 9+ years' experience with software development on Windows or Linux
• 5+ years' experience with Java or C++

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 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 9+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor's Degree and 13+ years of directly related work experience OR 17+ years of related, relevant experience
• Strong systems thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Practical experience with requirements decomposition, requirements tracing and configuration management
• Familiar with standard engineering tools such as requirements management (DOORS or similar), MBSE (MSOSA/Cameo or similar), test management, and common collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, Git)
• Experience with mission systems, avionics, command & control architectures, embedded systems, sensor systems, or related defense/space programs.
• Experience with Agile or SAFe practices, including daily standup, User Stories, Sprints, and Release Planning
• Experience using dependency management and automation services (e.g. Maven, Git, Jenkins, etc.)

Conflict of Interest:

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

Travel:

Position may require travel up to 10% of the time.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace 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.

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.

Union:

This is a union-represented position.

Total Rewards:

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 and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay Range: USD $158,100 - $213,900

Language Requirements:
Not Applicable

Education:
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement:
This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive:
This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:
This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Visa Sponsorship:
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:
Shift 1 (United States of America)

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