F-22 Software Design & Analysis Engineer (Experienced, Senior, or Lead)

F-22 Software Design & Analysis Engineer (Experienced, Senior, or Lead)

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Test & Evaluation (BT&E) organization is looking for a F-22 Software Design & Analysis Engineer to join our Flight Test and Evaluation team at Edwards AFB, CA which is located approximately 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, CA.

Edwards AFB is the home of the 412th Test Wing and the 2nd largest Air Force base.   The wing oversees base day-to-day operations and provides support for over 10,000 military, federal civilian and contract personnel assigned to a 481-square mile installation.  The 412th Test Wing plans, conducts, analyzes, and reports on all flight and ground testing of aircraft, weapons systems, software and components as well as modeling and simulation for the U.S. Air Force. There are three core components for this mission: flying operations, maintenance and engineering.

The Boeing Company supports multiple platforms at Edwards AFB. This posting is for the support of the 411th Flight Test Squadron (AD CTF) where Boeing works directly with our Air Force customer and our industry partners supporting its mission to improve the warfighting capabilities of the Air Force through system integration, development, test and evaluation of the F-22 Raptor.

The site is comprised of a diverse team of Boeing Test and Evaluation (BT&E) employees who are extremely motivated, skilled, knowledgeable, and highly valued by our customers and business partners.

Primary duty is to develop and maintain software solutions for post-flight and real-time flight test data processing and analysis.  Applications include maintaining instrumentation configuration database, maintaining team web pages, supporting user analysis procedures and tools, troubleshooting customer issues, and producing data item configuration products to support real-time and post-flight processing.

BT&E is currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Experienced, Senior, and Lead level F-22 Software Design & Analysis Engineers.

Position Responsibilities Include:

• Create, implement, and manage data pipelines for ingesting flight test data from multiple sources to a common cloud environment
• Design and implement data architectures for flight test data in a cloud environment including defining appropriate databases, data warehouses, and data lakes
• Integrate data from a variety of different sources into a unified view of the data
• Collaborate with data platform developers to optimize cloud-based data systems for performance by tuning databases, appropriately tagging data, and improving query efficiency
• Develop and implement a methodology for ensuring data quality and integrity
• Collaborate with AD CTF data scientists and engineers to understand their data needs and provide the necessary infrastructure and tools
• Develop automation to streamline repetitive tasks and workflows
• Monitor the cloud data systems and adjudicate issues as they arise
• Identify and implement the ideal data formats for use in a cloud environment with the goal of maximizing data access while minimizing storage costs
• Collaborate with AD CTF computer scientists and data processing engineers to define and implement appropriate data structures in the cloud environment
• Collaborate with AD CTF data processing engineers and analysts to employ a data tagging scheme that assists with data organization and query efficiency
• Support the development and sustainment of data platform applications (especially CHEETAS) so they conform to the cloud environment data structure and organization
• Collaborate with AD CTF machine learning/AI engineers to develop new models that leverage the cloud environment
• Assist with ingest and processing of flight test data into a cloud environment

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science    
• Strong software programming skills and experience of programming languages such as R, Python, Matlab, Java, C, or C++
• Active Security+ certification or the ability to obtain the certification within 6 months of your start date

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 5 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 10 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience using AWS services and architecture.
• Experience with organizing time-series data in a cloud environment.
• Experience with developing data pipelines for a cloud environment.
• Experience with designing data architectures for a cloud environment.
• Experience with organization and manipulation of time-series data.
• Experience with a wide-variety of programming languages, especially Python, Matlab and SQL including their common packages. C# and HTML are highly desired.
• Knowledge of common database structures including SQL, PostgreSQL, relational databases, and AWS database offerings.
• Knowledge of a wide-variety of data formats including IRIG 106 Chapter 10, Apache Parquet, Hierarchal Data Format (hdf5), Packet Capture (PCAP), Pulse Code Modulated (.pcm), LIST (.lst), American Standard Code for Information Exchange (.ascii), Comma Separated Value (.csv), Text (.txt), Frame (.frm), Dynamic Link Library (.dll), Key (.key), Uniform Data System (.uds).
• Knowledge of machine learning/artificial intelligence methods beyond the use of Large Language Models (LMM).

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.

Union:

This is a union-represented position.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.  

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.  

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.  

Summary pay range for experienced level: $102,850 – $139,150

Summary pay range for senior level: $128,350 - $173,650

Summary pay range for lead level: $153,850 - $208,150

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement:

This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active) This position requires ability to obtain program access, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship only.

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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