Ground Software Engineer; Mid Career - Millennium Space Systems Security Clearance

Position: Ground Software Engineer (Mid Career) - Millennium Space Systems with Security Clearance
Job Description At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us. Millennium Space Systems, a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), is a fast, agile small satellite company focused on national security space.

Our missions have direct impact to global security, like missile warning and Earth observation. Our team is curious, bold and innovative. We take risks, innovate and explore new techniques and technologies. We influence change because we challenge the status quo. And when we watch our satellites launch, we know each one of us made it happen.

Job Summary As a Ground Software Engineer, you will maintain and develop software for command and control of satellites. You will write requirements with the guidance of subject matter experts and decompose them into long-term roadmaps, which you will also develop and test in collaboration with your end users. You will leverage modern frameworks to improve legacy software and tooling. Your position will also include root cause analysis and implementing fixes for the users of your team's products.

You will work closely with the operations team, spacecraft engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and technicians to ensure our company's continued stewardship of our satellites and the space environment. This position's internal job code is SWE-Developer. Our team is currently hiring for level 3-4.

Position Responsibilities:

* Leads the design, development, integration, testing, and delivery of large-scale ground software and mission control systems

* Interacts with other Millennium staff to support testing on components, subsystems, and spacecraft in test configurations

* Integrates Millennium software applications into Government-furnished software and infrastructure

* Executes integrated system test events bridging Millennium-developed products and Government-furnished systems

* Implements specific mission data processing applications into existing systems to support payloads and end data users

* Supports software testing and installation in classified environments

* Guides junior developers through development tasks, troubleshooting exercises

* Plans and executes validation/verification testing

* Contributes to ground software or tool development by completing larger feature requests, taking ownership of larger software modules, analysis packages, and workflows

* Other duties as assigned This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options. Security Clearance and Export Control Requirements This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a "US Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 is required. "US Person" includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field

* Five (5) or more years of experience designing and developing software in a production environment

* Demonstrated experience writing scripts and backend software applications in Python

* Demonstrated experience with Python webserver frameworks (Twisted, Flask, FastAPI) and building RESTful web services in conjunction with message broker architectures

* Demonstrated experience with backend development interacting with relational, time-series, and document databases (Postgre

SQL, Influx

DB, Mongo

DB).

* Comfortable building interactive UIs using Java script frameworks

* Familiarity with Git Lab CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices

* Familarity with containerization and container orchestration practices using Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes

* Experience with unit testing, integration tests, and end-to-end testing

* Comfortable communicating technical details verbally and in writing

* Experience with iterative and agile software development

* Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications (Desired…