Senior Software Engineer (Technical Lead) - Decision Support... - SaudiArabia

Location: Riyadh
Company Name: BOEING

At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the sea bed to outer space, you will learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find the future with us.

Boeing Saudi Arabia is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Decision Support System (DSC) team. This person will be leading a team of software engineers and system admin as well as developing software. This person will also work with the international team on some initiative. The senior level – non manager position is located in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Arabia Decision Support Centre (DSC) is a cutting edge decision support and concept development capability delivering advanced operations analysis, modelling, simulation and experimentation services for Boeing projects and customers in the Kingdom and worldwide. The DSC is the Saudi Arabian component of the Phantom Works – International (PW-I) group which is part of the Boeing Phantom Works organization.

Position Overview:

This role requires active leadership of development activities; from technical team task management to resolving complex technical issues, requiring a high degree of technical knowledge in the breath of modelling and simulation technology areas. Excellent communications skills and the ability to provide technical leadership within a highly talented small team are essential. The position is office based but may require short-term travel to customer sites and/or Boeing international facilities.

Position Responsibilities:

This is a Technical Lead role. Your duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Creation and execution of DSC’s technical processes, capability development and systems integration supporting core DSC’s Defense analysis and experimentation tasks
• Technical leadership, direction, day-to-day tasking and mentoring of the DSC’s Software Engineers and Systems Administrator
• Leading the design, development and support of simulation and analysis software products and models and championing pragmatic Agile software engineering practices including continuous integration, delivery and deployment
• Executing and delivering DSC components of the PW-I Technical Roadmap
• Management of DSC technical facilities and ITC infrastructure and security, ensuring classified and unclassified software and hardware systems (physical and virtual computing, storage, workstations, networks and audio visual) are operational.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience) :

• Hold a degree and significant experience in Computer Science/Engineering
• Excellent communications skills
• Strong hands-on development team lead experience
• Significant experience in the design, development, test and release of modern software systems in one or more of the following domains:
  • Defence Modelling and simulation
  • Analysis software
  • Visualisation software
  • Geographic information systems
• Experience leading Agile software engineering teams and confident ability to take a leadership role and work well in a small, highly motivated and competitive team environment
• Self-directed, able to work effectively within a cross-skilled project team environment and with people across all organisational levels
• Be innovative and lateral in thought, a solutions thinker

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/ Experience):

• Strong knowledge of modern C++ principles and practice (C++11 / 14 is mandatory) and C++ frameworks (eg Qt, Boost)Strong object oriented design skills
• Scripting languages, eg QtScript, Python, JavaScript, Lua
• Modern 3D graphics development (OpenGL, OpenSceneGraph)
• Data visualisation/analysis/development environments and tools eg Tableu, Spotfire, STK, Matlab
• Live Virtual Contructive (LVC) modelling & simulation technologies and standards (DIS / HLA)
• Discrete event simulation (eg ExtendSim)
• Experience with modern DevOps processes and management of continuous integration, delivery and release systems
• Design and operation of professional audio visual equipment (VTC, projectors, screens, AV switches, various video sources)