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Boeing · 3 days ago

Lead Real-Time Software Architect

Hazelwood, MO

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$187K/yr - $253K/yr

10+ years exp

Boeing is a company committed to innovation and collaboration, and they are seeking a Lead Real-Time Software Architect to support their Defense Mission Computing Team. The role involves leading the architecture for real-time and mixed-criticality systems, ensuring safety and security across domains, and mentoring engineering teams.

AerospaceIndustrial

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead architecture for real-time and mixed‑criticality systems

Define system decomposition, interfaces, and resource/timing goals

Ensure safety, security, and isolation across domains

Choose and integrate OS, virtualization, and middleware technologies

Oversee hardware/software co-design and performance tuning

Set V&V and certification approaches

Build CI/CD and integration test practices

Mentor team members and represent technical authority to customers and vendors

Qualification

Embedded systemsReal-time systemsSafety certification processesArchitecture definitionRTOS experienceMixed-criticality designCI/CD practicesHW/SW co-designLeadership abilityCommunication skills

Required

10+ years of experience in embedded, real‑time, or avionics systems

Hands‑on experience with RTOS, separation kernels, or hypervisors (e.g., seL4, ARINC 653, PikeOS)

Knowledge of mixed‑criticality design, determinism, and timing/resource budgeting

Familiarity with HW/SW co‑design (drivers, interrupts, DMA, memory/cache strategies)

Understanding of safety and/or security certification processes (DO‑178C, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or similar)

Ability to define architecture, make tradeoffs, and document architectural decisions

Experience building CI/CD, HIL, and integration test practices for embedded systems

Leadership and mentoring ability; comfortable collaborating across multidisciplinary teams

Strong communication skills for customer engagements, design reviews, and vendor interactions

Preferred

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

Strong systems architecture skills and experience producing architecture artifacts and decision records

Experience with separation kernels/secure microkernels/hypervisors (seL4, PikeOS, ARINC 653, Xen, QEMU/KVM, Wind River Helix Virtualization for embedded)

Familiarity with safety certification standards such as DO 178C, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and system safety processes

Experience with cross-domain gateway products, data diodes, and high-assurance mediation implementations

Knowledge of deterministic networking protocols: TSN, AFDX/ARINC, CAN-FD, and DDS/RTPS

Experience with high assurance/safe languages and standards (Ada/SPARK, Rust, MISRA C/C++)

Exposure to formal methods, model checking, MBSE (SysML), or model-based verification tools

Experience building CI/CD and HIL test automation for embedded platforms, including trace-based observability tools (LTTng, Tracealyzer) and hardware performance counters

Background in cryptography, secure boot, TPM/SE integration, and PKI for embedded/edge devices

Experience integrating FPGA/accelerators for latency-sensitive offload

Prior experience working in cross-domain regulated environments (ITAR, DoD, aerospace, critical infrastructure) or holding relevant security clearances