Senior Java Software Engineer – Developer

Position Overview

Senior Java Software Engineer – Developer to join the Advanced Ground Architecture (AGA) team located in Herndon, Virginia;
Seal Beach, California;
El Segundo, California; and Colorado Springs, Colorado. The role focuses on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Software Engineering organization.

• Coordinates the development, maintenance, enhancement and optimization of software products and functionalities for systems integrations.
• Leads activities to develop, document and maintain architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces and designs for software products.
• Debugs and leads resolution of issues identified to ensure the reliability and efficiency of software products.
• Leads handling of user inquiries, troubleshooting technical issues and user feedback analysis.
• Leads development, establishment, monitoring and improvement of software processes, tools and key performance metrics that align projects with organizational goals and industry benchmarks.
• Consults on software domains, system-specific issues, processes and regulations.
• Leads the design, development, test, and maintenance of non-embedded software throughout the end‑to‑end lifecycle that meets industry, customer, safety, and regulation standards.
• Leads review, analysis, and translation of customer requirements into initial design of software products.
• Leads software project management activities and software supplier management functions.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• This role requires an active TS/SCI clearance
• 5+ years of experience in Java, ReactJS
• 5+ years of experience in Java and associated frameworks and tools such as Spring Boot, Wild Fly, JPA, Maven
• 5+ years of experience in Windows‑based IDEs and Linux‑based IDEs
• 5+ years of experience in software configuration management tools (e.g., Git) and problem/issue tracking tools (e.g., Jira)
• 5+ years of experience in developing software products in a cloud environment, using Agile Methodologies

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 9+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 13+ years of directly related work experience OR 17+ years of related, relevant experience
• Knowledge of specification format requirements, guidelines, and change control processes. Understanding of relationship between specifications/standards and aircraft/product certification systems.
• Knowledge of host environments, including processors, operating systems and networks. Ability to build, integrate and troubleshoot software components.
• Knowledge of software programming languages and databases and the ability to apply to the software domain. Programming languages encompass higher order languages, auto‑coded languages and assembly languages.
• Knowledge of how to derive and allocate requirements (e.g., system, sub‑system, software) and show traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
• Knowledge of software architecture and design methodologies. Ability to synthesize software architectures and designs that meet requirements, characteristics and constraints.
• Knowledge of software development processes in compliance with established internal and industry standards, guidelines, and best practices in the development, testing, and deployment of software.
• Knowledge of general and software development and testing tools, capability and usage. Examples include compilers, linkers, debuggers, data analysis tools, graphical user interface builders, post‑processing tools, requirements management tools, and web authoring tools.
• Knowledge of domains, characteristics, constraints and products that require software and influence architecture, requirements, interfaces, designs and integration/test approaches. Domain examples include data processing, ground support, tools and analysis models. Examples of characteristics and constraints that impact software include operating systems, fidelity and information processing capacity. Examples of products include aircraft, missiles, airborne/shipboard/space…