SATCOM Mission Planning Software Engineer (Associate or Experienced)

Seal Beach, CA · full time · Mid

Listed on Boeing’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Boeing seeks a software engineer to develop mission planning tools for satellite command and control systems supporting U.S. military nuclear communications. This role suits someone with space systems experience who can own features across the full development stack in a DevSecOps environment.

Our summary, not Boeing’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

Bachelor's degree
Active U.S. DoD Secret Clearance
3+ years software development for space systems and ground segments (command and control, mission planning, data processing)
3+ years development with Python, Java, TypeScript, or FastAPI
U.S. Person status per export control requirements
100% onsite in Seal Beach, California

Nice to have

Advanced degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Science
Active TS/SCI or DoD Top Secret clearance
3+ years open-source software development
5+ years progressively responsible software development for government programs
5+ years designing and developing real-time 2D/3D geospatial visualization UIs
5+ years open-source software development
5+ years Kubernetes tuning and host OS optimization
Understanding of C2 systems, mission planning, ground systems, and real-time applications
5+ years database technologies (Postgres, SQL/NoSQL)
Strong CI/CD pipeline design and GitLab implementation
3+ years software development lifecycle experience
Agile and DevOps methodology experience