Software Project Engineer, Cost Account Manager; Associate or Experienced

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 Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Software Engineering organization is seeking a Software Project Engineer, Cost Account Manager (CAM) in St. Charles, MO to lead Operational Flight Program (OFP) software teams supporting Cruise Missile Systems (CMS) and Direct Attack (DA) weapons. The role balances technical leadership with program‑level accountability—coordinating cross‑functional teams, managing the software development lifecycle, and ensuring fielded software meets rigorous performance, safety, and schedule requirements.

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

The person in this role will lead and coordinate technical execution for Operational Flight Program (OFP) software teams and related integration activities, owning Cost Account Management (CAM) for assigned software work by overseeing budgets, monitoring earned value performance, and delivering objective forecasts. They will maintain and defend the performance measurement baseline, collect timely cost and schedule data, and compute key EVM indicators such as CPI, SPI, ETC, and EAC.

The role requires identifying root causes for variances, driving corrective action and re‑planning, and keeping leadership and stakeholders informed. This position also involves close collaboration with systems engineering, test, QA, and supply chain to ensure software is delivered on schedule, within scope, and on budget, as well as mentoring and developing early‑career engineers while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, safety, and technical rigor.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience managing software programs or major software work streams in aerospace, defense, or another high‑reliability domain, along with a strong working knowledge of the software development lifecycle, configuration management, and integration/test practices for embedded or flight software. They should be able to lead earned value management (EVM) processes and produce clear, reliable program forecasts, be an excellent communicator who can present technical and programmatic status to both technical teams and senior leadership and bring a collaborative mindset with a proven track record of working across engineering, manufacturing, and business teams to solve complex problems.

For decades, the Precision Engagement Systems organization has designed and produced precision‑guided weapon systems that defend our nation and support more than 30 allied countries. Our work is challenging, meaningful, and rapidly evolving; we are growing and looking for experienced software project leaders who can translate technical vision into dependable program execution.

Work on systems that matter—delivering mission‑critical capabilities with global impact.

A culture that supports technical excellence, mentorship, and professional growth.

The resources and partnerships to take on ambitious engineering challenges and see ideas through to deployment.

• Provides the Engineering leadership to a team representing multiple skill areas, which may include internal and external resources and customers.

• Develops statement of work (SOW) to satisfy research and development, ongoing and new business requirements.

• Works with customers and management to obtain approval.

• Identifies and manages changes to statement of work and assesses the impact of those changes and incorporates changes into statement of work.

• Using a variety of media, clearly conveys information and ideas to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.

• Lead team scrums to define product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities, and communicate with stakeholders throughout the project.

• Collaborate with internal and external contacts to…