Software Engineer

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The Software Engineering and Systems Integration team in the UK is actively working across Boeing Defence, Commercial Airplanes, Global services and Uncrewed technologies. The Software Engineering team works in the development of Synthetic Environment Sub-systems, Mission Systems Capability, Autonomous Behaviours, enhancement of Ground Control Systems, Technical Publications and various in-house proprietary tools for the Defence platforms. The team is also contributing to Commercial Modification of aircraft, development of Onboard Network Systems, Cabin Interiors and supporting Supplemental Type Certification effort.

We are now seeking a Software Engineer based in Bristol working across the growing Commercial Seat Certification statement of work (SoW) and contributing to the capability within defence portfolio.

We are seeking a Software Engineer in Bristol to support Defence and Security domains at Boeing locations and Customer sites across the UK, including Autonomous Systems, Training and Simulation, Cyber, Space, Intelligence and Security. As a consequence of our growing business we have a number of exciting career opportunities within our Software Engineering Capability, which is responsible for the Research and Development of Advanced Technology and the Design, Development and Certification of our Software systems and sub-systems. You will join a rapidly growing Engineering Capability with a culture for development, collaboration and success. Initially you will be assigned to our Simulation Programmes, which operate across the Air, Land and Maritime domains, with future opportunity to develop your interests across the breadth of the Software Engineering portfolio.

We work in an exciting, fast-paced and dynamic environment, but your wellbeing is important to us and we strive to find a healthy life balance with an ethical team culture and strong emphasis on openness, collaboration, innovation, safety and first time quality.

Position Responsibilities

• Designs, architects, and develops simulation models, simulation visualizations, virtual environments/platforms and frameworks to enhance test performance, safety, and durability of software and hardware systems throughout the entire product lifecycle.
• Partners with stakeholders to review and identify simulation requirements and dynamics of the systems being simulated.
• Performs design, modelling, simulation, testing, and analysis to assess and optimize overall system performance and capabilities.
• Performs data collection and processing for use in simulations.
• Validates, verifies, and refines simulation software code, models, simulations, test procedures and test environments, executing test procedures and documenting test results and models against real-world data, test data, benchmarks, or other similar models.
• Documents and maintains technical code, algorithms, specifications and descriptions of simulation models.
• Partners with cross functional engineering teams to enable integration of simulation software with hardware devices and systems.
• Implements current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks, and methods in the software engineering simulation environment.
• Modernizes, migrates, sustains, and updates simulation software to adapt legacy systems to new operating systems.
• Performs simulation software project management functions.
• Adopt, use and improve integration best practices and processes and capability enhancement tools developed to accelerate and optimise overall software integration processes.
• Certification of Software to DO-178 considerations in airborne systems contributing to equipment certification.
• Contributing to reviews of Software Data items in collaboration with suppliers and Boeing teams.
• Contributing to activities across various Stages Of Involvement (SOI) to ensure compliance to FAA or relevant Certification authority.
• Participating in, and actively contributing to Planning (SOI-1), Requirements and Design (SOI-2), Verification (SOI-3), and Final Compliance Review (SOI-4).

Basic Qualification

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
• Ability to obtain security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• 5+ years of experience as, or working with Designated Engineering Representative (DER), or Technical Standard Order (TSO) Certification Specialist or EASA/FAA Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) or equivalent.
• 5+ years of Experience in RTCA DO-178(B/C/D) Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification, with emphasis on Embedded Software.
• 5+ years of Experience across Software Lifecycle Data Items, and Software standards such DO-330 and DO-331.
• Commercial Experience working with Designated Engineering Representative (DER) or Technical Standard Order (TSO) Certification Specialist or Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE).
• 5+ years’ experience developing, documenting and maintaining architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces and designs for software systems.
• 5+ years’ experience assisting with software engineering projects.
• Experience with Agile planning tool such as JIRA, GITLAB, or similar.
• Domain expertise in either Interior Cabins, Seats, In Flight Entertainment systems or Onboard Network Systems Defence.
• 5+ years of Experience across Software Development Lifecycle and Software standards such as ISO9001.
• Strong understanding of the distributed interoperability simulation protocols used within defence collective training (e.g., DIS and HLA).
• Strong understanding and experience of the COTS simulation and training environment development, execution, verification, validation and deployments.
• Familiarity with Physics based Modelling and Simulation system Engineering principles.
• Proficiency in C++, Lua Scripting or one of the similar programming languages.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and software design principles.
• Strong understanding of version control systems (e.g., Git, BitBucket etc).
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
• Familiarity with DevOps, Automation and CICD concepts.
• Strong understanding of testing frameworks and unit testing practices.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.