About the position
The Boeing Company is currently seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer (Experienced, Senior) to join the Training Systems - Battlespace Simulation Management (BSM) team located in Hazelwood, MO. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Global Services (BGS) business organization. Are you ready to build the future? Build your career by helping us build the next generation of flight simulators to train our nation's military pilots. Develop subsystems for Boeing Flight Trainers such as the Instructor/Operator Station, Brief/Debrief Station, Synthetic Environments, and core building block technologies used for all our flight trainers (graphics, video, networking, mission planning, exercise management & control). BSM is responsible for the design, development, manufacture, and maintenance of training devices for a wide variety of commercial and military aircraft - everything from F-15 fighter jets to Apache attack helicopters, and even NASA's Starliner spacecraft. Software engineers on our team are responsible for all phases of the software lifecycle, including architecture, design, implementation and test. They are also directly involved in planning their own work, as part of the agile methodology, with a focus on technical excellence. The BSM team is a large software development team comprised of several smaller agile teams, some with specialized skills. Our backlog includes everything from new feature development using cutting-edge technology to maintenance of legacy software baselines. The successful candidate will need to be comfortable working in an often fast-paced environment within a two-week 'sprint' schedule. As an experienced member of the team, you will be supporting the entire product development life cycle within BSM. Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including; Experienced and Senior Software Engineers.
Responsibilities
- Leads the design, architecture, and development of simulation models, simulation visualizations, virtual environments/platforms and frameworks
- Partners with stakeholders to lead the review and identification of simulation requirements and dynamics of the systems being simulated
- Leads validation, verification, and refinement of simulation software code, models, simulations, test procedures and test environments, executing test procedures, documenting test results and modeling against real-world data, test data, benchmarks, or other similar models
- Leads the documentation and maintenance of technical code, algorithms, specifications and descriptions of simulation models
- Partners with cross functional engineering teams to lead integration of simulation software with hardware devices and systems
- Leads implementing current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks, and methods in the software engineering simulation environment
- Leads simulation software project management functions
- Promotes continuous improvement with ideas for process, tool, and automation improvements
- Plans and executes work within a scrum team using scaled agile practices
- Represents the organization as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects
- Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations
- Support proposal development and lead engineering execution by identifying activities, resources, and tasks required to complete the work statement
- Mentor junior engineers and foster innovation within the team
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in software engineering
- 3+ years of experience with programming C/C++
- Experience with software development in an agile environment
- Secret Clearance and Special Program Access, Post-Start
Nice-to-haves
- 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
- 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Prior experience with object-oriented software architecture / design patterns
- Prior experience with Python, Lua or OpenGL is a plus
- Developing applications targeted for desktop as well as mobile/tablet environments
- Experience with tools for Continuous Integration/Delivery, Version Control, and Build Automation
- Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Jenkins, Gitlab, CMake, Visual Studio
- Familiarity with simulation standards such as Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), Distributed Mission Operations (DMO), and High Level Architecture (HLA)
- Experience with aircraft platforms, aviation, simulation, and training systems is beneficial
- Strong written and verbal communication skills along with the ability and desire to work in a team environment
Benefits
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plans
- Life and disability insurance programs
- Programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work
