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Senior Software Engineering Manager

Plano, Texas; Long Beach, California; Huntington Beach, California Job ID JR2025462546 Category Engineering - Software Role Type Onsite Post Date Jul. 10, 2025 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.

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Sr. Software Engineering Manager to support our Boeing Research and Technology Team located in Plano, TX,Huntington Beach, CA, or Long Beach, CA.

The senior manager will be leading a group of SW engineers doing research and development effort in a diverse BR&T portfolio in the areas of cyber security and networks, AI/ML, advanced data analytics, factory automation, predictive maintenance, AR/VR, advanced learning and autonomy. The ideal candidate will have a technical background in these areas; a software background is a strong plus. The candidate will work closely with Business unit customers, including BCA, BDS, BGS, BR&T, AvionX, and BT&E, to understand their technology needs, and will be responsible for planning/executing innovative technical research to address the needs. ​

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. We are engineers and technicians. Skilled scientists and problem solvers. Bold innovators and dreamers. Join us, and you can build something better for yourself and for our customers, as we help produce global technologies that help explore, defend, and connect the world

Position Responsibilities:

  • Manage a diverse SW engineering team, mostly doing advanced technology development activities​

  • Lead, develop, and motivate a talented, distributed team. People development is a key element of this job, the candidate will be responsible for staffing growth, for nurturing employees and for providing employees with development opportunities. He or she will also be executing and enforcing SW standard practices in accordance with the SW enterprise organization. The candidate will also be responsible for developing and executing integrated tech plans, policies and procedures, strong operational skills are a plus.​

  • Proactively managing staffing demand of SW engineers and create a healthy talent pipeline with relevant skill sets​

  • Coordinate with project stakeholders and facilitate cross-collaboration with enterprise business units, such as BDS, BCA, BGS, BR&T and BT&E project leadership​

  • Assist software engineering organization and enforce best practices and lessons’ learned to various SW projects​

  • Provides leadership for the development and the execution of integrated tech plans, policies, and procedures​

  • Drives SW best practices and implementation of solutions across the Business Unit portfolios​

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

  • 10+ years of experience with embedded software development

  • 5+ years of experience managing and/or leading a team either formally or informally, with the ability to provide guidance, mentorship, and support to team members 

  • 5+ years of experience with DevSecOps

  • 5+ years of experience leading projects and/or individuals in software development lifecycle tasks 

  • 5+ years of experience with modern software development methodologies

  • 5+ years of experience with software development in Agile methodology

  • Experience with Cross Cloud communication and architecture

Preferred Qualifications (Desired 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.

  • Experience with DevSecOps / Continuous Integration (CI) using GitLab the ecosystem

  • Experience at successfully managing within a complex IPT to produce results within budget, o schedule, and to performance requirements

  • Experience at successfully working with a community of diverse software product owners & systems engineering to integrate software into complex systems

  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) within an Agile construct

  • Experience with multiple SW architectures and paradigms, from embedded on-metal development, to microservices and cloud infrastructure (Containerization, Orchestration, IPCs, etc).

  • Experience implementing, developing, and standing up Software environments in classified and air-gapped systems.

  • Active secret a plus

Travel: minimum 25%

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) 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:

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: $191,250 - $258,750


Applications for this position will be accepted until Jul. 16, 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

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. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

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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