Lead Simulation Software Systems Architect

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.

Our team builds software and hardware-based satellite simulators and emulators in support of the world’s highest-performing satellite systems for U.S. government and commercial customers. The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Lead Simulation
Software Systems Architect to support our Simulation Team in support of Strategic Space Communications Programs in El Segundo, CA
. This position will support the Boeing Defense Services (
BDS
) business unit.

In this role you will design, implement, test, and maintain real-time software models and system-level simulators that reproduce operational conditions (i.e., simulated scenarios) to enable mission rehearsals and spacecraft operator training. This is an opportunity to create innovative solutions and support multiple software-based projects in a rapid, agile CI/CD environment using modern technologies and tools. We’re looking for a skilled developer who thrives in collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams, likes to try new things, and isn’t afraid of a challenge.

Position Responsibilities:

• Review, analyze, translate, and implement customer requirements for software-based simulation products

• Design simulation product architecture and lead implementation framework development

• Design, Integrate, modify, test, and debug simulation models and scenarios
• Execute full life-cycle development activities, including requirements definition and analysis, software architecture, design, coding, unit test, integration, documentation, and formal qualification.
• Interface with a technically diverse user community and a multi-disciplined integrated product team (systems and software).
• Develop software verification plans, test procedures and test environments.
• Work independently and collaboratively to complete trade studies and detailed designs.
• Lead and deliver innovative, high-impact solutions to complex technical challenges.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at El Segundo, CA

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Ability to obtain Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance post-start for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship
• Experience with implementing algorithms in real time systems
• 5+ years of experience in developing simulation related software
• 10+ years of experience full life-cycle software development, modeling, simulation, testing, and/or analysis using C, C++, C#, Python, Java, Ada, and/or Linux

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelors degree from an accredited course of study in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or other technical degree
• Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or other technical degree
• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Experience with Git, building/deploying application containers (Docker), developing within Linux environments, and working in an Agile/Scrum team.
• Space Domain Knowledge:
  Direct experience modeling satellite subsystems or working with flight software.
• Experience virtualizing processors.
• Experience with implementing infrastructure and deployment environment related software/tools (e.g., containerization, message brokering, software APIs, etc.)
• Experience running large-scale simulation workloads using cloud infrastructure (AWS or Azure)
• Experience developing real-time, time-deterministic…