
Software Engineer–Embedded (Embedded)
Role summary
Boeing is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for its AvionX Mission Systems Software team in Long Beach, California. This role focuses on supporting the Technology and Innovation Software Engineering organization, creating systems for pilots to navigate complex situations safely. The engineer will lead the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software for embedded devices and systems, ensuring compliance with industry, customer, safety, and regulatory standards. Responsibilities include translating requirements, integrating software with hardware, analyzing system performance, and researching new technologies. The position requires 5+ years of embedded software development experience and 1+ years of project leadership.
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 looking for a
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
to join the AvionX Mission Systems Software team located in
Long Beach, California
. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Technology and Innovation Software Engineering organization.
*Our engineers create systems to help pilots navigate through complex and nuanced situations to safely achieve their mission.*
We accomplish this by solving difficult problems in optimal path planning, estimation, and control, as well as autonomous fault protection.
We strive to work from first principles and develop powerful abstractions to maximize capability while minimizing complexity. We're looking for team members who will collaborate with humility and curiosity.
The ideal candidate enjoys helping teams utilize state-of-the art tools and methodologies to automate, optimize, and manage the development and verification of high‑quality software.
Position Responsibilities:
- Leads the design, development, test, debugging and maintenance of software that is integrated into embedded devices and systems and meets industry, customer, safety and regulation standards.
- Leads review, analyses, and translation of customer requirements into the design of software products for embedded devices and systems.
- Reviews code for embedded systems software to run on specific specialized hardware. Leads integration of embedded software with hardware components.
- Leads analyses, monitoring and improvement of the efficiency and stability of embedded software systems.
- Leads testing and debugging of software for embedded devices and systems.
- Researches and leads implementation of current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks, and changes in regulations relevant to software development and hardware technologies.
- Advises on software and hardware integration domains.
- Leads tracking and evaluation of internal and supplier software team performance to ensure product and process compliance to project plans and industry standards.
- Leads embedded software project management functions.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):
- 5+ years of experience in embedded software development
- 1+ years of experience leading software development projects
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 developing software or simulations with MATLAB, Simulink
- Experience automating software builds, unit tests, integration tests, deployment, and installations using a DevOps tool chain
- Experience developing software for real-time, near real-time, or embedded systems.
- Experience leading software development projects using Agile development methodologies
Travel:
10%
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.
CodeVue Coding Challenge:
To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.
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/Senior: $171,700 - $232,200
Applications for this position will be accepted until
Apr. 04, 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
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.
Sample Boeing interview questions
- 1
Design a scalable email service.
system designmedium - 2
Diameter of a Binary Tree Find the diameter of a binary tree. Input: root = [1,2] Output: 1 Explanation: The longest path is simply the single edge connecting the root node to its only child.
codingmedium - 3
Aggressive Cows Maximize the minimum distance between aggressive cows in stalls. Input: stalls = [0,4,3,7,10,9], cows = 3 Output: 4 Explanation: Placing the cows at positions 0, 4, and 10 yields a maximum possible minimum distance of 4 between any two cows.
codingmedium - 4
Palindrome After Deleting One Character Determine if a string can be a palindrome after deleting at most one character. Input: s = "abc" Output: FALSE Explanation: Deleting any single character leaves either "ab", "bc", or "ac", none of which result in a valid palindrome.
codingmedium - 5
Add Two Numbers Represented as Strings Add two non-negative integers represented as strings. Input: num1 = "456", num2 = "77" Output: "533" Explanation: Performs character-by-character addition from right to left, carrying the 1 from 6+7=13 to the next decimal place.
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