Software Engineer; Experienced, Senior

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.

The Boeing Company is looking for Software Engineers (Experienced, Senior) for a Phantom Works Proprietary program located in Berkeley, MO
. This position will focus on developing Vehicle Management System (VMS) software to support the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business organization. The Vehicle Management System provides flight and subsystem control for the platform.

Join Phantom Works at The Boeing Company in Berkeley, MO to design and deliver the Vehicle Management System (VMS) that provides flight and subsystem control for advanced defense platforms. If you enjoy solving hard real‑time embedded problems, working with multi‑discipline teams, and seeing your code run on flight hardware, this is an opportunity to make high‑impact contributions in a mission‑driven environment.

About the team

• Phantom Works delivers advanced, high‑value capabilities for Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS).
• We work in a collaborative, casual but professional environment where engineers take pride in integrating, testing, and delivering novel solutions.
• Long‑term career paths include technical leadership and management — we value curiosity, tenacity, and creative problem solving.

Why you’ll love this role

• Build flight‑critical software that directly affects aircraft safety and performance.
• Own designs end‑to‑end: architecture, implementation, verification, and integration.
• Work alongside systems, hardware, and test engineers on a cutting‑edge proprietary program.
• Mentor teammates and shape software processes, tools, and metrics.

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including;
Experienced and Senior Software Engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for the VMS software.
• Implement, integrate, and maintain C/C++ software components for real‑time embedded systems.
• Create and execute software development plans, verification plans, and test procedures; document results to demonstrate requirements satisfaction.
• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for software domains and system‑specific issues.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of software processes, tools, and metrics.
• Track team progress and ensure product/process conformance to project plans and industry standards.
• Train and mentor other engineers.

We work in a casual but professional environment with multi-disciplined teams of engineers that take pride in developing, integrating, testing and delivering innovative solutions. There is long-term potential for career growth into technical leadership or management positions, and we value the curiosity, tenacity and imagination our engineers bring to our teams each day.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• Bachelors Degree
• 5+ years of experience with C/C++
• 5+ years of experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Level 3:
  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 and 5+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years of directly related work experience OR 13+ years of related, relevant experience
• Level 4:
  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 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
• 9 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of experience designing and developing software for Real-Time or Non
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