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The Boeing Company’s Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems (SI&WS) Organization is seeking an experienced or lead Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS) Communications & Network Systems Engineer in Huntington Beach, California. The GEDMS program has geographically distributed team members, including on the East Coast and at shipbuilding facilities in Bath, Maine, and Pascagoula, Mississippi. The team designs and sustains ship-wide network system variants incorporating ruggedized switching, routing, and message/signal processing equipment for U.S. Navy and foreign ships. The engineer will support system network architecting and application engineering, including high-visibility U.S. Navy systems engineering tasks for developing and evolving next-generation secure GEDMS architectures. Work includes network design and architecture development, requirements derivation, use cases, functional analysis, specifications, verification, and validation. The role supports major shipboard design variants, coordinates activities with internal and external team members, and communicates with the customer. The position is 100% onsite at the listed location. The role also supports Boeing field engineers and customer in-service engineers as they deploy and integrate GEDMS in Navy laboratories and aboard ships. The engineer may assist with technical management and project planning, task assignment and mentoring, and coordination of facilities and laboratory configuration and operation. The position is offered at Experienced (Level 3) or Lead (Level 4) levels.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, or Chemistry, or non-U.S. equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement.
  • At least 3 years of experience in real-time, near-real-time, or embedded systems.
  • Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance; an interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance is required after starting. U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government for clearance eligibility.
  • Must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person, as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62.
  • Must satisfy Boeing’s Conflict of Interest assessment process.

Nice To Haves

  • For Lead (Level 4): 5 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Practical experience architecting, designing, configuring, implementing, testing, and certifying network devices.
  • Practical experience with network protocols, standards, and frameworks.
  • Ability to communicate with technical personnel across multiple skill areas and functions to evaluate technical information and issues affecting design, production, and product, service, or deliverable support.
  • Ability to understand system-wide relationships and how changes in one area affect other areas.
  • Ability to collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; and develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources.
  • Experience evaluating customer or operational needs, defining and coordinating system performance requirements, integrating technical parameters, and ensuring compatibility of physical, functional, and program interfaces.
  • Experience collaborating across hardware, software, integration and test, quality, cybersecurity, and production engineering disciplines to plan, architect, design, develop, and verify systems throughout the product lifecycle, including production and fielded-system support.
  • Experience developing, planning, organizing, implementing, and monitoring requirements management processes and tools, risk and opportunity management, issue management, and technology readiness assessment processes.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, configure, implement, test, and certify network devices, protocols, standards, and frameworks.
  • Evaluate customer and operational needs to define and coordinate system network functional and performance requirements.
  • Perform analyses and trade studies to optimize secure system network architecture, design, and configurations.
  • Analyze safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, system security, certification, and other quality factors to select a preferred configuration and support mission success.
  • Define and prototype solutions; configure, test, and verify design function and performance for delivery to customers.
  • Support Boeing field engineers and customer in-service engineers deploying and integrating GEDMS across U.S. and foreign Navy laboratories and ships.
  • Assist with technical management and project planning, assign tasks to and mentor team members, and coordinate facilities and laboratory configuration and operation.
  • Coordinate ongoing activities with internal and external team members and communicate with the customer.

Benefits

  • Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life insurance, and disability insurance.
  • Paid and unpaid time away from work.
  • Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
  • Relocation assistance based on candidate eligibility; basic relocation is offered for eligible internal candidates.

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Based on current job postings on Teal, the average Communications Engineer salary in the US is approximately $125,000 per year, with a typical range of $66,000 to $200,000.
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