Software Engineer–Systems (Associate/Experienced)

About the Position

Bring your ideas to life at Boeing. We innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. 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.

The Boeing Company is seeking a Systems Software Engineer (Associate / Experienced) to join the Space Mission Systems Software Team in Chantilly, VA, Mesa, AZ, or Aurora, CO. We are looking for a skilled, motivated, and creative software systems engineer to develop innovative solutions and support existing capabilities of an agile software program for the national intelligence community.

Responsibilities

• Supporting/planning software development tasks including detailed software design, coding, and unit/integration/functional/system testing of customer desired features/user stories, ensuring successful achievement of acceptance criteria.
• Develop and sustain new and existing applications; as well as troubleshoot and resolve various software issues.
• Customer/stakeholder presentation and reporting skills. Briefing software designs and demonstrating software release functionality to customer/stakeholders/end users.
• Analyzing high-level customer requirements and deriving lower-level functional requirements.
• Software development tasks including detailed software design, coding, and testing of customer desired features/user stories.
• Briefing software designs and demonstrating software release functionality to users.
• Develop and sustain new and existing applications; as well as troubleshoot and resolve various software issues.
• Contribute to the creation of new distributed components and interactions that align with the future system architecture. The existing multi-tiered system is developed on a cloud infrastructure with several consumer-facing web applications.
• This position is contingent upon clearance verification and program/customer concurrence. Offer is contingent upon security approval for program access.

Requirements

• Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Active Top Secret (must be willing to sit for a CI Polygraph after start date)
  • 1+ years of experience analyzing data and/or identifying functional and systems requirements with customers
  • 1+ years of experience in systems engineering including system architecture development, systems integration, and/or hardware/software design and analysis
  • 1+ years of experience developing presentations and briefing customers
  • Familiarity with Agile or SAFe practices, including daily standup, User Stories, Sprints, and Release Planning

• Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Level 3: 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 2+ years of experience leading projects and/or individuals in software development lifecycle tasks
  • Agile software development lifecycle knowledge
  • Knowledge of project planning processes and tools (i.e., project management software) to define, design, and plan projects, achieve project deliverables, optimize the contributions of internal and external resources, and accomplish desired business results
  • Effective use of Atlassian Products (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Crucible, etc.)

We Offer

• Competitive salary: $94,350 - $171,350
• Industry-leading tuition assistance program
• Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
• Up to $10,000 gift match when you support your favorite nonprofit organizations
• Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position
• Generous company match to your 401(k)
• Drug-free workplace

About the Company

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Application Details

Applications for this position will be accepted until Aug. 20, 2026.

Travel

Occasional business travel and after-hours support may be required.

Export Control Requirements

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.

Security Clearance

This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift