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Design and Analysis Engineer (Support Equipt Design - Elect)

Company:
The Boeing Company

Job Description

The Northwest Flight Test Transport Data Systems Team is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of an enterprise web-based data warehousing application for Boeing Test & Evaluation (Seattle, WA). This hands-on, principal-level role will architect scalable data ingestion, real-time processing, visualization, and archival systems; drive cross-team integrations; set technical direction; and ensure compliance with safety, certification, and regulatory requirements.

You will build and maintain the full stack of the application, front-end, back-end, data pipelines, and cloud/platform components, own system and integration testing, demonstrate new capabilities to users, and mentor engineering staff.

Position Responsibilities:

Technical Delivery

- Lead end-to-end architecture, design, implementation, verification, and lifecycle support for flight-test data warehousing applications and tooling that meet safety, regulatory, and customer requirements.

- Translate customer and stakeholder needs into clear system, hardware, and software requirements and interface specifications.

- Design, build, and validate real-time data pipelines, visualization components, and archival systems with deterministic performance and assured data integrity under operational load.

- Own complex debugging and root-cause analysis; drive corrective actions and long-term reliability improvements.

- Coordinate cross-team integrations and manage deliverables to ensure timely, high-quality releases.

Engineering Practices

- Specify, document, and maintain architectures, algorithms, interfaces, and traceability from requirements to tests.

- Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (unit/integration/e2e), deployment automation, and related tooling.

- Evaluate and pilot emerging technologies, frameworks, and regulatory changes; produce recommendations and PoC results.

- Ensure software security, certificate and export-compliance controls, disaster recovery, and business-continuity considerations are included in designs and operations.

Leadership & Governance

- Serve as technical authority on system-level tradeoffs, risks, and mitigation plans for program leadership and customers.

- Lead R&D and prototyping efforts and document architecture decisions.

- Mentor and develop engineers, lead design/code reviews, and set team standards for quality and documentation.

- Drive prioritization and planning, balancing technical debt, new features, and sustainment work.

This position allows some telecommuting. The selected candidate will be required to perform 2-3 days' work onsite at Seattle location.

The position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a "US Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 is required. "US Person" includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.

- Minimum 10 years of professional software engineering experience with progressive technical and architectural leadership responsibilities.

- Strong front-end experience building complex web UIs using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React) and related tooling.

- Strong back-end experience building server-side services with Node.js (microservices, service orchestration, and server-side patterns).

- Proven ability to design and implement API architectures, including RESTful services, WebSocket-based real-time communication, and high-throughput data pipelines.

- Proven ability to code in various languages such as JavaScript, Python, C, C++.

- Excellent debugging, profiling, and performance-analysis skills for both software and system-level issues.

- Experience with Linux development and administration, including command-line tools, building/compiling, and shell scripting (bash).

- Demonstrated experience writing and automating unit, integration, and end-to-end tests and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines.

- Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale, complex, web-based software systems.

- Experience leading technical teams or serving as a principal/architect: delegating, reviewing code, ensuring quality, and driving cross-team integration.

- Strong technical writing skills and experience producing architecture documents, interface control documents, and certification artifacts.

- Familiarity with security and compliance processes (certificates, export compliance, disaster recovery planning).

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

- Experience with configuring, managing, and deploying to Kubernetes systems.

- Experience with databases and caching (Postgres, Redis), distributed storage infrastructure (CEPH).

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace 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.

Shift Work Statement:

This position is for 1st shift.

Union Representation:

This is a union-represented position.

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities. The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with access to a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. Specific programs and options may vary by location, date of hire, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Language Requirements:
Not Applicable

Education:
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:
Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

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 does not require a Security Clearance.

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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