Experienced Software Engineer
About The Position
Boeing Global Services is seeking an Experienced Software Engineer to join the Training Systems - Battlespace Simulation Management (BSM) team in Hazelwood, Missouri. This role supports the Air Dominance portfolio, focusing on developing next-generation flight simulators for military pilots. Responsibilities include developing subsystems for Boeing Flight Trainers such as the Instructor/Operator Station, Brief/Debrief Station, Synthetic Environments, and core technologies like graphics, video, networking, mission planning, and exercise management. The BSM team designs, develops, manufactures, and maintains training devices for various aircraft and spacecraft. Software engineers are involved in all phases of the software lifecycle, including architecture, design, implementation, and testing, working within an agile methodology with a focus on technical excellence. The team operates in a fast-paced environment with two-week sprint schedules, handling both new feature development and legacy software maintenance. The successful candidate will support the entire product development life cycle within BSM.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Ability to acquire a U.S. Secret Security Clearance (Post-Start)
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering
- Experience with programming in C, C++ or C#
- Experience working in an Agile software development methodology environment
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 and 5+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years of directly related work experience OR 13+ years of related, relevant 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
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
Benefits
- health insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- paid and unpaid time away from work
- relocation assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
