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Software Safety Engineer - BDS Air Proprietary 1 (Associate or Mid-Level)

Berkeley, Missouri; Hazelwood, Missouri Job ID JR2025449495 Category Engineering - Safety & Airworthiness Post Date Apr. 20, 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.

Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Software Safety Engineer (Levels 2 or 3) on the Air Dominance, Air Proprietary 1 (AP1) Program. 

The selected candidate will provide the technical guidance and perform critical system safety engineering work. The work will consist of planning, coordinating, and performing detailed Software Safety tasks such as system and subsystem hazard analysis, fault tree analysis, and software safety analysis to mitigate potential product safety hazards. In addition to working with System Safety personnel, the individual will work extensively with design, development, and test personnel to impart safety requirements early in the design process. These tasks are accomplished within a collaborative environment with other program teams to assist with and/or plan design, develop, and verify lifecycle balanced system solutions including resolution of multi-functional technical issues.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Apply an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify a lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions
  • Perform various analyses and integration activities to optimize total system of systems architecture for Software Safety
  • Identifies, analyzes, and assesses regulatory and/or contractual compliance of aerospace systems, products and services against the applied development and design assurance standards (MIL-STD-882E, JSSEH, DO-178, DO-254) to provide the necessary hazard mitigation evidence
  • Analyze software to identify potential failure conditions or investigate reported in-service fleet hazards, risks, and safety concerns
  • Identifies safety issue systemic root causes and recommends corrective actions using industry best practices (MIL STD-882E)
  • Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to define, validate, and integrate safety requirements
  • Verifies that the system meets or exceeds the defined safety requirements by conducting safety analyses, audits, and reviews
  • Demonstrates safety hazard risk mitigation and control methods to the customer and regulators
  • Resolve multi-functional technical issues

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in Engineering or Computer Science
  • Experience in related engineering fields, such as software engineering

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Experience with software requirements, software design, documentation and configuration control
  • Experience with software code development,  and testing
  • Experience programming C/C++ software for real time embedded systems
  • Electrical Engineering experience
  • Experience in System and Software Safety

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.  

Pay and 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 Associate level (Level 2): $81,600 - $110,400

  • Summary pay range for Mid-level (Level 3): $97,750 - $132,250


Applications for this position will be accepted until May. 05, 2025


Export Control Requirements: 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.

Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Security Clearance

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required. 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.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift


Equal Opportunity Employer:

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.

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