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Systems Software Engineer, Missile Defense National Team (Associate, Experienced, Senior)

Salary

$99,450–$217,350 per year

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Description

The Boeing Company is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to join the Missile Defense National Team in Colorado Springs, CO or Huntsville, AL. This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance, which requires U.S. Citizenship.

The Missile Defense National Team develops and deploys the Missile Defense Agency's Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) system. This system ingests data from global sensors to create a single source of information for the warfighter.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with industry partners to design, develop, and test software systems and Java-based mathematical algorithms.
  • Perform software systems engineering tasks, including development, testing, and integration.
  • Collaborate with the System Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) organization to decompose system requirements into software-level requirements.
  • Develop and update system external interfaces.
  • Author or assist with proposals.
  • Perform software design, including creating use cases, sequences, and design documents.
  • Support full software development lifecycle, including generating design artifacts, implementing software changes, and resolving issues.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
  • 1+ year of experience in Unified Modeling Language (UML) or other software architecture and design modeling techniques.
  • 1+ year of experience with Agile software development lifecycle.
  • 2+ years of Java development experience (J2EE/Java Spring).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 3 or more years of related work experience.
  • Experience with Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and MBSE tools.
  • Experience with software integration testing, including developing automated test scripts.
  • Use of Eclipse, Maven, Gradle, and/or microservices in software development.
  • Experience with software performance optimization.

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive benefits package, including Paid Time Off (PTO), flexible work environment, paid parental leave, industry-leading 401k matching, and paid medical leave programs.

Salary:

  • Associate level: $99,450 - $134,550
  • Experienced level: $126,650 - $171,350
  • Senior level: $160,650 - $217,350

Skills

Required

  • Unified Modeling Language (UML)
  • Agile software development lifecycle
  • Java development (J2EE/Java Spring)

Nice to have

  • Model-based systems engineering (MBSE)
  • MBSE tools
  • software integration testing
  • Eclipse
  • Maven
  • Gradle
  • microservices
  • software performance optimization
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