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Mission Planning SME

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada Job ID JR2026505117 Category Security Clearance Role Type Hybrid Post Date Apr. 24, 2026 Security Clearance Required
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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.

Tapestry Solutions, A Boeing Company, brings over 30 years of industry experience designing, implementing, training, and supporting high-quality, cost-effective information technology and business intelligence solutions. With a dedicated team of approximately 500 professionals, we proudly serve 75 defense, commercial, and government clients across more than 50 U.S. locations and 9 countries worldwide.

As a trusted partner, our employees embody our core values by consistently delivering excellence, taking full ownership, and developing innovative solutions that enable critical missions and ensure the safety of our global customers and team members. Joining Tapestry Solutions means enjoying the best of both worlds: access to the vast resources of Boeing combined with the agility and people-focused, family-oriented culture of a small business where your contributions truly matter.

Tapestry Solutions, a part of Boeing Global Services (BGS), is seeking a Mission Planning SME in Niceville, FL or Las Vegas, NV.This position provides a vital link between the warfighter and software development and test team to ensure the warfighter’s requirements and recommendations are included in the development cycle. This role also evaluates customer and/operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces. Additionally, this person will perform various analyses to optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Utilize aircrew experience to help Systems Engineers build software that meets the warfighters needs in an efficient, intuitive format
  • Performs analyses on software environment to determine functionality and usability for the warfighter
  • Acts as intermediary between Systems Engineers and active duty warfighters to determine issues and subsequent suitability for intended correction/fixes
  • Integrates with Government test to ensure issues discovered are addressed and a path forward is obtained to prevent delays in the schedule
  • Perform analysis to optimize total system and/or system architecture to solve complex mission planning problems
  • Apply interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to help plan, design, develop and verify system solutions.
  • Define and coordinate system performance requirements and integrate technical parameters
  • Define high level functional and performance requirements and verification methods, subsequent analysis, decomposition, and derivation of requirements, allocation of those lower-level requirements to physical and functional architectural elements, and tracking them through design, verification, integration, and operational validation
  • Perform analyses for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, survivability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory, certification, product assurance, product security (cyber security) and other specialties quality factors into a preferred configuration to ensure mission success
  • Perform risk assessments and generate mitigation plans for various programs with regard to compliance with system requirements and customer capabilities
  • Develop verification and validation methods, processes, logic, and plans in support of program milestones.
  • Test and validate to ensure system designs meet operational and functional requirements

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Active U.S. Secret Clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher
  • 5+ years of experience in mission planning
  • 5+ years of aircrew experience in the F-15E/EX platform
  • Are you skilled in leading strategic technical briefings and effectively communicating specialized mission planning information to domestic (USAF/USN) and foreign military customers?

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Experience with Joint Mission Planning System software
  • Experience with application/daily use of JMPS by aircrew to accomplish needed planning to accomplish the mission Experienced background that allows them to understand modernization of the F-15, the use of new weapons/hardware, and application thereof

Drug Free Workplace:

We are 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 & Benefits:

We strive to deliver a total rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of this package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities. 

We also provide 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 and date of hire.

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

Summary base pay range $147,050 - $158,622


Applications for this position will be accepted until May. 30, 2026


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.

Export Control Details:

US based job, US Person required

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this 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)

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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  • Generous company match to your 401(k).
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