Associate Software Engineer–simulation

Associate Software Engineer–Simulation

The Boeing Company is currently seeking an Associate Software Engineer–Simulation to support our Training Systems - Battlespace Simulation Management team located in Hazelwood, Missouri. This position will support one of our programs in the Air Dominance portfolio.

At The Boeing Company, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company built on shared values. 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.

Are you ready to build the future? Build your career by helping us build the next generation of flight simulators to train our nation's military pilots. Develop subsystems for Boeing Flight Trainers such as the Instructor/Operator Station, Brief/Debrief Station, Synthetic Environments, and core building block technologies used for all our flight trainers (graphics, video, networking, mission planning, exercise management & control).

BSM is responsible for the design, development, manufacture, and maintenance of training devices for a wide variety of commercial and military aircraft - everything from F-15 fighter jets to Apache attack helicopters, and even NASA's Starliner spacecraft. Software engineers on our team are responsible for all phases of the software lifecycle, including architecture, design, implementation, and tests. They are also directly involved in planning their own work, as part of the agile methodology, with a focus on technical excellence.

The BSM team is a large software development team comprised of several smaller agile teams, some with specialized skills. Our backlog includes everything from new feature development using cutting-edge technology to maintenance of legacy software baselines. The successful candidate will need to be comfortable working in an often fast-paced environment within a two-week "sprint" schedule. As an experienced member of the team, you will be supporting the entire product development life cycle within BSM.

Position Responsibilities:

• Assists with development, documentation, and maintenance of architecture, requirements, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for software systems
• Develops and maintains code and integrates software components into a fully functional software system
• Assists with test procedures and documenting test results to ensure software system requirements are met
• Participates in design and implementation peer reviews
• Selects, tailors, and deploys processes and tools; establishes metrics
• Promotes continuous improvement with ideas for process, tool, and automation improvements
• Performs software research and trade studies
• Plans and executes work within a scrum team using scaled agile practices
• Collaborate with agile teams to design, implement, and test new features and capabilities while delivering the desired business impact
• Troubleshoot software issues
• Works under general supervision

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Ability to obtain U.S. Secret security clearance – final post-start
• 2+ years of experience with software engineering and/or electrical engineering
• 2+ years of experience with programming in C, C++, or C#
• 2+ years of experience working within integrated development environments

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (including manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
• Prior experience with object-oriented software architecture/design patterns
• Experience with UX/UI design using tools such as Qt
• Experience with automated software testing
• Experience with tools for Continuous Integration/Delivery, Version Control, and Build Automation
• Familiarity with agile methodologies such as scrum or SAFe
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Jenkins, Gitlab, CMake, Visual Studio
• Familiarity with simulation standards such as Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), Distributed Mission Operations (DMO), and High-Level Architecture (HLA)
• Experience with aircraft platforms, aviation, simulation, and training systems is beneficial

Travel: Occasional travel (10%) may be required in support of the program and customer.

Drug Free Workplace: Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

CodeVue Coding Challenge: To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

Pay & Benefits: At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage, and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. Summary pay range for Associate Level: $85,000 - $115,000