Lead Flight Software Engineer – Space Systems

Boeing; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

The Boeing Company seeks Flight Software Engineers (Associate/Experienced/Senior) to join the Flight Software Team in El Segundo, CA or Mountain View, CA. The role leads design, implementation, and test of flight software for satellite programs, emphasizing leadership, quality, earned value, and new capability development.

Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in real-time software, strong C/C++/Java/Python skills, and experience with embedded systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; U.S. citizenship or eligibility required.
• 2+ years designing and developing software for real-time or non-real-time systems.
• 2+ years of experience in software development using languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Support design, integration, modification, test, and debugging of software for embedded devices and systems.
• Translate customer requirements for software products for embedded devices.
• Build and write code for embedded systems software on specialized hardware.
• Integrate embedded software with hardware components.
• Analyze, monitor, and improve efficiency and stability of embedded software systems.
• Test and debug software for embedded devices and systems.
• Ensure satellite and payload software safety, assurance, quality, and engineering excellence.
• Produce design and test documentation and artifacts.
• Conduct Cyber Vulnerability Analysis (CVA) for satellite vehicle architecture.
• Design and implement cyber monitoring algorithms.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Python

Embedded software

Real-time systems

Code debugging

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent

Tools

GitLab

Bitbucket

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

The Boeing Company seeks Flight Software Engineers (Associate/Experienced/Senior) to join the Flight Software Team in El Segundo, CA or Mountain View, CA. The role leads design, implementation, and test of flight software for satellite programs, emphasizing leadership, quality, earned value, and new capability development.

Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in real-time software, strong C/C++/Java/Python skills, and experience with embedded systems.