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Flight Software Engineer (Experienced/Senior)

USA - El Segundo, CASalary not listedPosted 2 days ago

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Job description

Flight Software Engineer (Experienced/Senior)

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Flight Software Engineer (Experienced/Senior) to support our Flight Software Team located in El Segundo, CA or Mountain View, CA. This position will support the Boeing Defense Services (BDS) business organization.

We are seeking a Software Engineer that is passionate about space and excited to work in a multi-disciplined, collaborative engineering environment that supports the design, development, and implementation of software for existing and emerging Boeing commercial and government space programs.

This exciting software engineer position requires demonstrated experience within the software ecosystem, a diverse background of project experience, and the clear exhibition of superior judgment and decision making to engineer new solutions and support existing capabilities of multiple software programming projects.  Demonstrated critical thinking and troubleshooting skills are required.

Position Responsibilities (P3):

  • Design, Integrate, modify, test, and debug software that is integrated into embedded devices and systems and meets industry, customer, safety and regulation standards
  • Review, analyze, and translate customer requirements for software products for embedded devices and systems
  • Build and write code for embedded systems software to run on specific specialized hardware
  • Integrate embedded software with hardware components
  • Analyze, monitor and improve the efficiency and stability of embedded software systems
  • Test and debug software for embedded devices and systems
  • Drive software execution to deliver products on-cost and on-schedule to program
  • Responsible for satellite and payload software safety, assurance, quality, and engineering excellence
  • Produce design and test documentation and artifacts
  • Conduct Cyber Vulnerability Analysis (CVA) for multiple processing platforms within the satellite vehicle architecture
  • Design and implement cyber monitoring algorithms
  • Design and write custom tools to support configuration automation and improve development workflow.
  • Working and interfacing with a technically diverse user community and a multi-disciplined integrated product team (systems and software)
  • Highly motivated and must work well in a team environment

Position Responsibilities (P4):

  • Lead the design, integration, modification, test, and debugging of software that is integrated into embedded devices and systems and meets industry, customer, safety and regulation standards
  • Lead review, analyses, and translation of customer requirements for software products for embedded devices and systems
  • Review code for embedded systems software to run on specific specialized hardware
  • Lead integration of embedded software with hardware components
  • Lead analyses, monitoring and improvement of the efficiency and stability of embedded software systems
  • Lead testing and debugging of software for embedded devices and systems
  • Advise on software and hardware integration domains
  • Lead tracking and evaluation of internal and supplier software team performance to ensure product and process compliance to project plans and industry standards
  • Lead software project management functions
  • Drive software execution to deliver products on-cost and on-schedule to programs
  • Responsible for satellite and payload software safety, assurance, quality, and engineering excellence
  • Produce and deliver design and test documentation and artifacts including program CDRLs
  • Conduct Cyber Vulnerability Analysis (CVA) for multiple processing platforms within the satellite vehicle architecture
  • Design and implement cyber monitoring algorithms
  • Design and write custom tools and processes to support configuration automation and improve development workflow
  • Interface with product stakeholders including software and hardware development teams, Systems Engineering, Product Security Engineering, and Testbed Engineering
  • Working and interfacing with a technically diverse user community and a multi-disciplined integrated product team (systems and software).
  • Highly motivated and must work well in a team environment

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at El Segundo, CA or Mountain View, CA.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Ability to obtain Secret U.S. Security Clearance post-start for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship
  • 5+ years of experience in software development using languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python
  • 5+ years of experience designing and developing software for a real-time or non-real-time system

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Level 4: 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience 
  • Experience with the full software development lifecycle that includes requirements analysis through Formal Qualification
  • Experience using team collaboration tools including GitLab, Bitbucket, JIRA, and Confluence
  • Experience in embedded real-time software development
  • Experience with Wireshark or other network analysis tools and Debuggers
  • Experience automating software builds, unit tests, and integration tests using a DevOps tool chain

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Travel:

No travel anticipated

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.  Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.

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 / Experienced: $135,150 - $182,850

Summary Pay Range / Senior: $171,700 – $232,200

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement:

This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. A final U.S. Secret Clearance Pre-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

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811 of 814 recent openings at this employer state a sponsorship restriction.

Employer H-1B history

56
recent certified H-1B filings
42
new-hire petitions
0
filings for similar roles
69
so far in FY2026

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  • 4 certified H-1B filings for closely related roles, though none for this exact title
  • 56 recent certified H-1B filings across the employer
  • Still filing this year — 69 filings in FY2026
  • 5 USCIS H-1B new-employment approvals, counted separately from LCA filings
  • Strong filing activity in CA
  • 22 further USCIS approvals for extensions or transfers
  • 811 other recent postings at this company state a sponsorship restriction
  • The supporting filings are for related work, not for this exact role

Strong filing activity in CA.

Green card sponsorship evidence

Employer PERM history

4
recent certified PERM filings
2
filings for similar roles
2
filings in this location
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20267YTD

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