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Lead Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka Job ID JR2025462105 Category Engineering - Software Role Type Hybrid Post Date Jul. 28, 2025
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Job Description

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.

Overview

As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing’s team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality and integrity.

Technology for today and tomorrow

The Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) is a 5500+ engineering workforce that contributes to global aerospace growth. Our engineers deliver cutting-edge R&D, innovation, and high-quality engineering work in global markets, and leverage new-age technologies such as AI/ML, IIoT, Cloud, Model-Based Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing, shaping the future of aerospace.

People-driven culture

At Boeing, we believe creativity and innovation thrives when every employee is trusted, empowered, and has the flexibility to choose, grow, learn, and explore. We offer variable arrangements depending upon business and customer needs, and professional pursuits that offer greater flexibility in the way our people work. We also believe that collaboration, frequent team engagements, and face-to-face meetings bring together different perspectives and thoughts – enabling every voice to be heard and every perspective to be respected.  No matter where or how our teammates work, we are committed to positively shaping people’s careers and being thoughtful about employee wellbeing.

With us, you can create and contribute to what matters most in your career, community, country, and world. Join us in powering the progress of global aerospace.

Lead Software Engineer – Avionics

Boeing India Engineering is looking for experienced software Product owner/ Lead engineer to design software for the next generation Avionics / Cabin system. As a software Product owner/ Lead engineer, the candidate will be responsible for the designing the building blocks for the Avionics /Cabin systems.  Your primary role will be to define the software requirements, perform trade studies, and evaluate alternate designs to propose the most optimal software solutions for future avionics systems.

Software Product owner/ Lead engineer will apply interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to design, develop and verify next generation software for Avionics / Cabin systems. The candidate will perform various analyses to develop software architecture, design, addressing safety, reliability, maintainability, human systems integration, system security, regulatory and certification needs.

This position will also be responsible for coordinating and communicating regularly with experts in Boeing organizations around the world. The candidate shall provide periodic update on project progress, quality metrics, project summaries, and other related documents.

This position will be located in the Boeing India Engineering and Technology Center, Bangalore, India.

Experience Profile:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering (preferably in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or equivalent discipline) with more than 12 years of experience with an aerospace or allied company.
  • Hands on experience in design, development, integration and testing of complex Avionics / Cabin systems or similar products.
  • Ability to engage with senior leadership, senior technical team members, and varied Boeing business and external stakeholders. Ability to tie daily work to larger strategic direction.
  • Ability to interface and interact with various stakeholders, customers, pilots to capture requirements

Position Responsibilities/ Job Description:

  • Ensure Product/Program Teams deliver innovative, high-value solutions to users both inside and external to Boeing
  • Strategically align business needs with our Team’s capability domains
  • Act as an Product/Program Teams focal and enabler, allowing the Teams to drive up Time-on-Task
  • Share Product/Program Teams progress through outward information flows, enabling the team to remain focused on statement of work
  • Partner with our leadership team and Product/Program Teams to identify and remove any Boeing self-imposed bureaucracy that impedes the continuous delivery of capabilities
  • Champion and enable adoption of Industry & Boeing best practices to advance internal capabilities for delivering quality software in an Agile, people-first approach.
  • Empower teams so they can operate with a high degree of autonomy and self-organization, and deliver to business priorities
  • Partner with globally distributed teams to leverage learnings and expertise.
  • Align work to a globally distributed workforce
  • Foster a Product-driven culture
  • Develop and enhance relationships with the varied stakeholder of the space, and strategically align the team to those
  • Contribute to opportunity identification, business alignment, and ultimate value realization of product offerings

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree is required as BASIC QUALIFICATION.
  • Primary experience in avionics / Cabin systems
    • Design and Development of Avionics Applications
    • Design of Development Avionics / Cabin Systems.
  • Strong fundamentals in Real-time Operating Systems; including Hardware / Software / Graphics partitioning, kernel level allocations, etc.
  • Experience in DO-178C, DO-254, DO-160, ARINC 664
  • Experience in developing avionics interface control specifications
  • Experience in Wireless Networks and Connected Aircraft aspects.
  • Experience with Model Based Design / Systems Engineering will be an added advantage
  • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, very meticulous, patient and congenial
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Candidate must be a self-starter with a positive attitude, high ethics, and a track record of working successfully under pressure in a time-constrained environment.
  • Develop and maintain relationships / partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, and partners to develop collaborative plans and execute on projects.
  • Proactively seek information and direction to successfully complete the statement of work.
  • Must be flexible, with a high tolerance for organizational complexity and ability to work with team members across different cultures and time-zones
  • Develop and maintain relationships / partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, and partners to develop collaborative plans and execute on projects.
  • Must have experience to mentor and teach juniors and partners to accomplish project and departmental goals and objectives.
  • Strong experience with Linux or UNIX.
  • Strong experience with various network protocols like TCP/IP, UDP.
  • Strong experience with modern open source technologies and tools.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills at network and OS level.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience) :

  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Technical leadership role
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience working within a development environment using Agile
  • Experience working on team strategies and roadmaps
  • Performance Management: Ability to identify the right skills for the right projects, experience coaching and mentoring peers and/or reports to continuous learning and improvement
  • Strong Working knowledge of Automation and CI/CD process including debugging, test, and integration of software tools.
  • Strong communication skills and a self-starter that can thrive in a distributed remote work environment.
  • Experience working with international teams outside standard operating hours
  • Understanding of designing and implementing Micro-service infrastructure.
  • Experience with Agile planning tool such as JIRA, TSF
  • Experience with Linux OS, Yocto, Ubuntu, NodeJS, NGINX, Docker
  • Familiar with video streaming application such as H.264, RTSP, Gstreamer, HLS, WebRTC
  • Familiar with tool-chain using tools such as Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube, Jira, Git.

Typical Education & Experience:

  • Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 12 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Masters + 11 or more years' of related work experience, etc.).

Relocation:

  • This position offers relocation within INDIA.

Applications for this position will be accepted until Aug. 06, 2025


Export Control Requirements: This is not an Export Control position.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

Not a Shift Worker (India)


Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

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 proud members of the Valuable 500 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.

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  • Industry-leading tuition assistance program pays your institution directly.
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