Lead Software Engineer, Phantom Works

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The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Lead Software Engineer to support our Phantom Works Software Engineering team located in Berkeley MO. This position is based in Berkeley MO; however it may also be performed from other Boeing U.S. locations including Mesa AZ; Colorado Springs CO; Arlington VA; or El Segundo CA with significant travel required to Berkeley MO. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense Space & Security (BDS) business organization.

This position will be part of the Phantom Works Open Architecture Systems Integrated Software (OASIS) Solutions team. This role is responsible for defining developing and leading the software development for real-time software air and/or space systems in an Agile software development environment. Integration across other teams of software and hardware components will be required. The software being developed is a critical part of the Defense infrastructure and this is an opportunity to make a difference near the beginning of this software development. Work alongside exceptional Boeing engineers in a collaborative inclusive team environment.

Lead the Mission. Build the Future.

Position Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain the software architecture with focus on interface clarity stability and versioning to minimize integration risk with a focus on production type software that is easily maintainable.

• Partner with appropriate stakeholders to inform system definition and oversee translation of system-level requirements into software requirements and models that meet customer operational and performance requirements and have clear traceability to design code and test artifacts.

• Manage supplier/subcontractor software deliverables to ensure they meet team processes and integration requirements.

• Lead the software engineering teams agile delivery: facilitate sprint planning daily stand-ups sprint reviews/retrospectives and remove impediments to flow.

• Serve as the Agile/Delivery lead for softwareown backlog prioritization with product/system owners define sprint goals and ensure timely delivery of integration-ready increments.

• Define document and enforce software integration contracts (ICDs or equivalent living artifacts) data models and message definitions in coordination with Integration & Test and Systems leads.

• Ensure software is designed for testability: require unit component integration SIL/HIL test artifacts with code deliveries include observability hooks and ensure failures are diagnosable.

• Lead DevSecOps and CI/CD practices for the team: ensure pipelines support repeatable builds automated testing artifact traceability and consistent deployments across dev integration and test environments.

• Collaborate with Integration & Test to align delivery cadence to integration increments and controlled configuration baselines.

• Drive verification & validation execution for software components: support development of test strategies analyze test results and triage defects with the team.

• Establish and track delivery metrics (velocity cycle time quality metrics technical debt) and use them to improve predictability and quality.

• Coach and mentor engineers on agile practices test automation CI/CD code quality and observability.

• Contribute to risk and issue management that affects software delivery and integration readiness; escalate when necessary to protect integration milestones.

• Document integration results test findings and provide inputs for design reviews and readiness assessments.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• Bachelors Degree

• Active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship. (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.)

• 5 years of experience in leading efforts in analyzing and translating requirements into system architecture hardware and software designs and interface specifications

• Experience as an Agile Systems or Software Development Team Lead

• 5 years of experience with the DevSecOps lifecycle

• 5 years of experience of DevOps experience (Git Jenkins or other CI/CD tools)

• 5 years of experience with configuration management and collaboration tools such as (or similar to) Git JIRA Collaborator Beyond Compare and VersionOne

• 1 years of Proficient with scripting/programming languages used for automation and testing (e.g. Python Bash)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Level 5 / 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 14 years of related work experience OR Bachelors Degree and 18 years of directly related work experience OR 22 years of related relevant experience

• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in a relevant field.

• Practical experience with requirements tracing and configuration management.

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Professional Scrum Master (PSM) SAFe Agilist or equivalent agile certification.

• Prior leadership on aerospace defense avionics or other safetycritical systems.

• Experience with cloud-native infrastructures (Docker/Kubernetes AWS GovCloud Azure Government).

• Experience with model-based design/verification and SIL/HIL testing environments.

• Experience managing subcontractor software deliveries.

• Significant experience with real-time embedded software (C/C) low-level driver development network stacks and hardware/software testing/debugging for microcontrollers and/or FPGAs

• Experience & ability to implement real-time embedded hardware firmware & software

• Possess strong analytical skills knowledge & proficiency with physical modeling and simulation tools

• High level software development experience for applied physics modeling and/or simulation using MATLAB Python and or Jupyter etc.

• Experience in real-time embedded systems and low-level driver development with microcontrollers single board computers and/or FPGAs

• Perform control system logic/algorithm hardware and software development tasks

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.

Travel:

10% for candidates based in Berkeley MO; 75% for candidates based outside Berkeley MO.

Conflict of Interest:

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

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.

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 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 for Senior/Lead Level: $198050 - $286350

Potential signing bonus for eligible/qualified external candidates.

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