C2 Software Engineer (Experienced/Senior)

Job Description

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The Boeing Company is looking for a Command and Control (C2) Software Engineer (Experienced/Senior) in Herndon/Leesburg, VA; Mesa, AZ; or El Segundo/Seal Beach, CA that will support the Advanced Mission Management (AMM) software engineering organization supporting the Satellite Operations & Ground Systems (SOGS) program execution.

The AMM organization executes software development across multiple program domain areas to deliver analytics, planning, scheduling, command & control, and mission management capabilities focused on ground user and mission needs. These software systems are integral to the daily execution of stakeholders’ missions helping to solve intelligence and DoD war fighter strategies.

The organization is seeking a hardworking, motivated, and creative software developer to engineer new C2 solutions and capabilities for agile software programs. This engineer will assist with development of software systems developed on cloud infrastructures following modern DevSecOps and Agile execution process. The customer’s needs require state-of-the-art, software-intensive systems to efficiently and optimally task, plan, exploit, and disseminate data for hardware platforms (e.g. satellites, ground systems, etc.) for maximum stakeholder value.

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Experienced and Senior level software engineers.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist with and lead C2 software design, coding and, unit/integration testing of customer desired features/user stories
• Involved with the development & modifications to new and existing software products
• Contribute to the creation of new distributed components and interactions that align with the future system architecture requirements
• Coordinate with peers, leadership, management, and product/customer stakeholders to successfully accomplish software tasking to meet roadmap acceptance criteria
• Help define, execute, and improve software development processes, procedures, and best practices to drive engineering efficiencies, high quality, and increased team productivity

This position hybrid.  This means that the selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options.   This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future.

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

CI Poly required after the selected candidate has started employment.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in software development using C, C++, Java, and Shell, Perl, and/or Python.
• 5+ years of experience working within Unix/Linux environments using command line terminals and GUI based desktop environments.
• 5+ years of software development experience in a collaborative team environment using agile principles and a structured development process including code reviews and automated DevSecOps processes/tools.
• Familiar with reading, writing, and integrating XML formatted data described by XSD, while utilizing XML DOM, JAXB, XPath, and XInclude.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiar with primitive data type machine representations in binary, hexadecimal, IEEE754 encoding, twos complement encoding, sign magnitude encoding, digital/analog conversion, and endianness.
• Experience using team collaboration tools including JIRA, Confluence, and Gitlab Runners
• Experience automating software builds, unit tests, integration tests, deployment, and installations using a DevOps tool chain (Jenkins, Nexus, Artifactory, etc)
• Experience using SonarQube and/or Coverity to instrument, trend and manage code quality
• Experience developing containerized microservices deployed into a cloud based orchestration framework such as AWS, Docker Swarm, or OpenShift.
• Mention any experience working with 1 or more Space Domain Standards, such as XTCE, CCSDS, IRIG, TDM, and/or GEMS.
• Mention any experience working with 1 or more COTS Spacecraft T&C Product, such as OS/Comet, InControl, Neptune, COSMOS, YAMCS, Epoch, Eclipse, ASCS, HiFly, or others.
• Experience using C++ Standard Library and Boost Extensions with the GNU Compiler.
• Experience using the C++20 and later language extensions and features.
• Knowledge of modern security facilities (e.g. SSH, SSL/TLS, Public/Private and AES Encryption, et al.)
• Experience building REST based services and/or applications that communicate with REST services
• Ability to understand user interactions and develops a user experience that accomplishes the desired user interactions.

Typical Education/Experience Level 3 Experienced:

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 5 or more years related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD, Master+3 years related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Typical Education/Experience Level 4 Senior:

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+4, Master+7 years related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Basic relocation is available for internal candidates.

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.

Shift (US Specific):

This position is for 1st shift

Contingent Upon Award:

This position is contingent upon award.

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.

Salaries are based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.  

Summary Pay Range:

Level 3 $104,550 - $151,800

Level 4 $122,400 - $177,100

Applications for this position will be accepted through April 14, 2024.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.