Hybrid Senior Software Systems Engineer

at Boeing

• Job title: Senior Software Systems Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $164,900 - $223,100 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Senior Software Systems Engineer at Boeing designing and validating secure software systems for defense projects. Leading integration efforts with cross-disciplinary engineering teams in a high-tech environment.

Responsibilities

• Review, develop, document, and maintain system requirements and traceability across the lifecycle
• Define test strategies, plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria for component, integration, and system-level testing
• Design and execute verification & validation activities (functional, interface, performance, reliability, regression)
• Analyze test results, perform root cause analyses, and recommend corrective actions
• Collaborate across engineering disciplines, working closely with software developers, system architects, and test engineers to validate end-to-end functionality and mission effectiveness
• Lead integration of hardware, software, and mission systems in secure DoD environments, ensuring interoperability, performance, and mission assurance
• Apply modern DevSecOps practices—including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerized deployments, and infrastructure as code—to streamline integration and test activities
• Stand up, configure, and maintain secure test environments leveraging cloud-native and virtualized resources (e.g., AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or on-premise equivalents)
• Use model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and requirements management tools to support design, analysis, and traceability
• Contribute to risk, issue, and opportunity management; assess and report technical readiness and critical path impacts
• Drive continuous improvement of integration and test processes, incorporating automation, metrics, and lessons learned to increase efficiency and reliability
• Document integration results and test findings for design reviews, readiness assessments, and formal customer deliverables
• Mentor junior engineers; at higher levels, provide technical leadership across projects and broader mentoring responsibilities

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
• 14+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• Strong systems thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Practical experience with requirements decomposition, requirements tracing and configuration management
• Experience writing test plans and procedures and executing system-level integration and verification
• Familiar with standard engineering tools such as requirements management (DOORS or similar), MBSE (MSOSA/Cameo or similar), test management, and common collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, Git)
• Proficient with one or more scripting or programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Matlab) for test automation and data analysis.

Benefits

• health insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings accounts
• retirement savings plans
• life and disability insurance programs
• paid time off