Software Process Lead Engineer

Job Description

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We are looking for a Software Process Lead Engineer in El Segundo, CA that is passionate about space and excited to work in a multi-disciplined, collaborative engineering environment that supports the design, development, and implementation of software for a new fleet of Boeing satellites. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Space Mission Systems Software Engineering organization.

The selected candidate will lead software process implementation/governance for a large-scale satellite development program, for all phases of the software development lifecycle. The position will lead process instantiation into engineering artifacts and documentation for satellite system software teams developing embedded/real-time satellite flight software, satellite simulation software, satellite databases, cybersecurity software, satellite ground-control software, and software development environments (Dev Sec Ops ).

Position responsibilities include:

• Leading the incorporation of Boeing Enterprise Software Design Practices (DPs) and process assets into the full lifecycle of engineering artifacts/byproducts (review artifacts, code analysis output, etc.) and documentation (e.g. software development plans, specifications, test plans, etc.)

  • Leading the formal development & approval of these artifacts for use by software teams and for delivery to the customer(s)

  • Guiding usage/adoption of these artifacts by software teams to ensure adherence

  • Supporting process compliance reviews and audits, product peer reviews, Technical Design Reviews, gate reviews, and customer reviews

• Advising software engineering management and program leadership on software process adherence and implementation strategies to ensure engineering excellence and program success

• Designing/implementing process and tooling that generates and collects software metrics required by the measurement/metrics plan; guiding software metrics planning, generation, collection, analysis, and dissemination

• Leading software process training to educate software teams about new & emerging software processes

• Leading review of products and processes for alignment with project plans and applicable Boeing (Enterprise/BDS/El Segundo)/industry standards

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline
• Active Secret Clearance
• 5+ years of experience with systems engineering or software development on space-based or ground-based systems
• 5+ years of experience leading a team either formally or informally, with the ability to provide guidance, mentorship, and support to team members
• 5+ years of experience leading projects and/or individuals in software development lifecycle tasks
• 5+ years of experience with modern software development methodologies

• 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.
• Proficiency with Boeing Enterprise Software Design Practices (DPs) for mission-critical systems
• Experience in the satellite software domain
• Proficiency with the Git Lab ecosystem
• Experience with Agile software development and principles of Dev Sec Ops  / Continuous Integration (CI)
• Experience at successfully working with a community of diverse software product owners & systems engineering to instantiate software processes into complex systems
• Experience with U.S. Government contracts
• Experience in implementing and/or auditing of CMMI, AS9100, MIL-STD, and other software standards
• Familiarity with Risk Management Framework (RFM)
• Familiarity with TOR standards

No travel is anticipated for this position.

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