Project Engineer

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We are Boeing Global Services (BGS) Engineering team creating and implementing innovative technologies that make the impossible possible and enabling the future of aerospace. We provide engineering design and support including aftermarket modifications and are innovating to make product and services safety even stronger. Join us and put your passion determination and skill to work building the future! #TheFutureIsBuiltHere #ChangeTheWorld

The Boeing Translation Engine translates raw binary data from the Quick Access Recorder (QAR) Digital Aircraft Condition Monitoring System (ACMS) Recorder (DAR) Aeronautical Radio Incorporated (ARINC) 717 Continuous Parameter Logging (CPL) Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder (EAFR)(CPL) ARINC 767 ARINC 429 ARINC 629 ARINC 664 (plus any other future data) binary files into standardized binary files and engineering units. Additionally the BTE imports pre-translated data from operators or other external systems in a standardized way to support downstream applications.

We are seeking a Project Engineer in Seattle Washington who can bridge engineering and business translating complex ambiguous customer needs into clear actionable plans. This role thrives in ambiguity and organizational complexity proactively drives clarity without waiting for perfect requirements shields engineers from unnecessary churn and ensures our infrequent releases land with high quality and measurable customer impact.

What youll do

• Facilitate elicit and refine requirements partner with customer-facing leads software engineering and SMEs to determine the path forward validate assumptions and ask the hard questions.

• Translate customer problems into developer-ready work: craft epics features and stories with clear acceptance criteria; build and maintain a robust prioritized backlog.

• Help build and maintain a performance engineering backlog tailored to aviation needs; anticipate algorithmic data and performance implications across scenarios and edge cases.

• Drive cross-functional collaboration with engineering design/UX performance engineers QA program management support marketing and sales to align on outcomes and delivery plans.

• Develop and own PI and sprints backlog that is based on release plans and product road map balancing infrequent release cadences with incremental value delivery and readiness.

• Proactively facilitate dependencies across teams; identify critical path risks and mitigation strategies; ensure stakeholders know whats needed and when.

• Provide crisp timely status updates and executive-ready communications; ensure the right level of information reaches the right audience at the right time so teams never feel lost.

• Use data and feedback loops (analytics customer inputs support tickets ops metrics) to prioritize measure impact and continuously propose changes to improveproduct performance and quality

• Engage directly with customers and end users (often through customer-facing team members) to understand real-world use cases and constraints.

• Lead with healthy assertiveness: facilitate alignment among decision-makers resolve blockers directly when possible and know when to escalate; drive clarity in complex ambiguous or politically sensitive situations.

• Respect developer focus time and preferences: minimize unnecessary meetings handle design/planning/story mapping overhead and bring only well-structured questions and decisions to engineering.

• Prepare thorough scenario thinking: analyze downstream implications of product and technical decisions across safety reliability usability and operational workflows.

How youll operate in the BTE program context

• Partner with customer-facing leads and decision-makers to translate customer needs into developer-ready work; proactively schedule and drive alignment sessions.

• Manage dependencies across engineering groups that prefer minimal process involvement.

• Maintain engineering backlog; anticipate edge cases and operational impacts before they become issues.

• Drive clarity in a rarely-ship environment by emphasizing readiness reliability and quality gates; ensure stakeholders know what will ship when and why.

• Provide predictable no-surprises communications: crisp status risks and decisions; ensure support customers and leadership have what they need.

Success in this role looks like

• Clear prioritized backlogs aligned withbusiness roadmap

• Maximizing usage of teams capacity and focus on teams effectiveness.

• On-time delivery of high-quality features despite infrequent release cadence.

• Measurable improvements in product performance reliability and customer satisfaction.

• Proactive risk management and dependency resolution with minimal escalations.

• Strong cross-functional trust; stakeholders know where we are and whats next.
• Willingness to work early-morning Pacific Time hours to collaborate with Seattle-based teams and global stakeholders as needed.

Required skills and qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).

• 9 years in product management or product ownership for software products including substantial experience working directly with software engineering teams in Agile/Scrum Methodology. Practical knowledge of SAFe/PMI will be a plus.

• Technical proficiency: familiarity with software development processes integration patterns system architecture basics and modern software delivery standards

• Demonstrated success turning ambiguous customer needs into clear buildable requirements; expert in breaking work into epics/features/stories

• Proven ability to operate in complex organizations: comfortable navigating hierarchy engaging the right people and building influence without formal authority.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in aviation aerospace or other safety-critical domains; familiarity with aircraft performance operational workflows or performance engineering concepts.

• Experience supporting programs with infrequent release cadences including readiness planning risk management and coordinated stakeholder communications.
• Analytical and data-driven decision-making; experience using product analytics and operational data to prioritize and measure outcomes.
• Leadership presence with a bias for action: not discouraged by asking questions pushing for alignment or initiating the meetings needed to move work forward.
• Comfort with conflict and ambiguity; ability to resolve issues directly and professionally and to escalate thoughtfully when needed.
• Excellent communication skills: able to translate complex technical topics for non-technical stakeholders and synthesize status/risks succinctly for leaders.

• SAFe SCRUM or scaled agile experience (certifications a plus).

• Hands-on experience with Jira ADO or similar tools for backlog management and dependency mapping; strong documentation practices (PRDs specs acceptance criteria).

Total Rewards and Pay Transparency:

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: $12200 - $165600

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