# Lead Software Systems Engineer

**Company**: The Boeing Company
**Location**: Colorado Springs, CO
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD $160,650 - $217,350
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Boeing Company has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Software Systems Engineer to join the SATCOM Mission Planning Software Engineering team in Colorado Springs, CO.

The SATCOM Mission Planning team is a critical part of the U.S. military’s nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) network, providing nuclear-survivable connectivity. Our team develops software tools and services for advanced satellite and ground systems.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced development environment using modern, scalable technology and tools. Our team works in an Agile and CI/CD environment with automated testing, vulnerability scanning, and quality scanning capabilities.

**Position Responsibilities:**

- Leads, develops and maintains requirements, architecture, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for high-performance APIs between front-end and back-end software services

- Leads support software development activities in an Agile environment using DevSecOps methodologies, including integration of completed software components into a fully functional software system

- Leads the development of critical features and take ownership of the full development lifecycle from design through deployment

- Builds, architects, and consumes APIs and backend services as part of the platform ecosystem, with an emphasis on automation, testing, and security

- Leads code reviews to maintain code quality, enforce best practices, and ensure compliance with established standards

- Leads the creation and translation of design mockups into functional, visually appealing user interfaces using modern front-end frameworks and technologies

- Advocates for improvements to product quality, security, and performance that positively impact the team and broader organization

- Works effectively in ambiguous environments, provide mentoring, leadership to team and self-direct work as needed

**Security Clearance:**

- This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

**Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):**

- Bachelors degree or higher

- 5+ years’ experience with software development for space systems and ground segments performing command, control, mission planning and data processing

- 5+ years of development experience using Python

- 3+ years’ experience with JavaScript (e.g., Angular, JQuery)

**Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):**

- 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

- 3+ years’ experience working with TypeScript

- 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in software development, utilizing modern methodologies on government programs

- 5+ years’ experience with designing and developing intuitive user interfaces featuring real-time, 2D/3D geospatial visualization

- 5+ years’ experience in the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, integration, and test

- 5+ years’ experience with database technologies (Postgres, SQL/NoSQL)

- 3+ years’ experience with Java and FastAPI (Python API) languages

- In-depth knowledge of Command and Control (C2) systems, mission planning, ground systems, and real-time application requirements

- Strong experience using CI/CD pipelines, automate testing, builds, and deployment workflows

**Benefits:**

- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities

- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs

- Boeing 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 10% of eligible pay

- Student Loan Match program

**Pay Range:**

- USD $160,650 - $217,350

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- JavaScript
- Angular
- JQuery
- DevSecOps
- Agile
- CI/CD

### Nice to have
- TypeScript
- Java
- FastAPI
- Postgres
- SQL
- NoSQL
- Command and Control (C2) systems
- geospatial visualization

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