Mission Systems Software Chief Architect

About the role

Boeing is seeking a Mission Systems Software Chief Architect to support proprietary Mission Systems software development in Berkeley, MO. This senior role will define and integrate processes and tooling to support architecture development and cadence-driven software activities, working across the full lifecycle from requirements decomposition through integration, testing, and deployment. The position partners with stakeholders to translate system requirements into software requirements and models, leads risk identification and mitigation, and mentors junior engineers while collaborating across multi-program environments.

Responsibilities

• Leads the Mission Systems software office as Chief Software Engineer, focusing on software process and tooling to support product architecture and execution flows.
• Partners with stakeholders to inform system definition and reviews translation of system-level requirements into software requirements and models that meet customer, operational, and performance requirements with clear traceability to design, code, and test artifacts.
• Reviews completion of software system-level analyses to identify risk, issues, and opportunities; leads integration and deployment of mitigation actions throughout the software lifecycle.
• Leads code reviews to ensure alignment to requirements and standards.
• Leads monitoring and reviewing test completion, verification processes, and issue resolution for software systems.
• Leads review of product and process for alignment with project plans and industry standards by tracking and evaluating internal team and supplier performance.
• Mentors and coaches junior engineers in software development.

Basic Qualifications

• Active Secret U.S. Security Clearance (or active within the past 24 months).
• Ability to obtain access to Special Access Programs (SAP).
• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years of experience with full lifecycle software development, modeling, simulation, testing, and/or analysis using C, C++, C#, Python, Java, Ada, and/or Linux.
• 5+ years of experience developing, documenting, and maintaining architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for software systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 14+ years of related experience; or Bachelor’s degree and 18+ years of directly related experience; or 22+ years of related, relevant experience.
• Experience with systems integration using systems engineering processes and procedures.
• Experience leading software-related projects or technical teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication, teaming, technical, and integration skills.
• Experience with embedded software architecture, development, and design.
• Experience developing mission systems software on aircraft platforms.
• Hands-on development experience on Linux and Windows platforms.
• Experience with Agile software development and related processes.
• Familiarity with safety-critical software development processes.