Software Engineer - Artificial intelligence

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Software Engineer - Artificial intelligence to join the Software Engineering Organization located in Tukwila, Seattle, or Everett Washington. This is a Software Engineer - Artificial intelligence position, focusing on LLMs who will work closely with Boeing Artificial Intelligence (AI) team. In this position, you will collaborate with other world-class scientists, researchers, and engineers innovating on a range of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML), Automation, and Autonomy, etc. 

As part of Boeing Software Engineering Organization who supports Boeing Technology Innovation (BTI), our software engineers use their expertise to dream up next-generation software capabilities for amazing aerospace, satellite, and autonomy platforms. We develop cutting edge software applications that will improve the future of software capabilities, airplane and flight controls, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and much more. Our products help solve Boeing's most challenging problems across Commercial Airplanes, Defense Space & Security, and Global Services businesses. The projects can range from new software products for the revolutionary 787 Dreamliner to innovative aircrafts across several commercial, autonomy, defense, satellite, and space platforms.  

Boeing is committed to your development. As part of the software engineering organization, you will have the opportunity to be trained and equipped with the software technology and tools to be successful. In the software capability, you will be encouraged and resourced to pursue your passions, explore different technology domains, and advance your career.  

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. Here, you'll work alongside more than 170,000 exceptional people focused on bringing great products and services to market. Located in more than 70 countries, Boeing is comprised of one of the most diverse, talented, and innovative workforces you will find anywhere. More than 140,000 of our people hold degrees from approximately 2,700 colleges and universities worldwide. Their expertise and knowledge represent virtually every business and technical field. By building a career at Boeing, you'll have the opportunity to grow your skills, create relationships around the world and help shape the future of aerospace. 

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Associate and Experienced Level Software Engineers. 

Position Responsibilities:  

• Model Development: Support senior engineers in designing, fine-tuning, and implementing large language models for specific applications. 

• Data Management: Collect, clean, and preprocess large datasets to ensure high quality for model training and evaluation. 

• Prompt Engineering: Design and optimize prompts to improve model performance and efficiency for various tasks. 

• Testing and Evaluation: Conduct model evaluations, analyze results, and perform testing and debugging of AI systems to identify strengths and weaknesses. 

• Code Implementation: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient Python code, adhering to software engineering best practices. 

• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, system engineers, and other software engineers, to integrate AI solutions into various programs. 

• Documentation: Create clear and thorough documentation for code, models, and evaluation processes. 

• Continuous Learning: Stay forefront in natural language processing and generative AI to recommend and implement state-of-the-art solutions or innovative solutions. 

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

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. 

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. 

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience): 

• 1+ years of experience designing and developing software using any of the listed programming languages - Python, C/C++, or Java 

• 1+ years of experience working with backend development and/ or cloud environments 

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): 

• Bachelor degree from an accredited course of study in computer science, data science, mathematics, engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, or physics. 

• Level 2: 1 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience 

• Level 3: 3 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience 

• Experience with full software development lifecycle as part of the agile team 

• Proficient in C++ / python / Java 

• Experience with Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, etc.), Linux, backend, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift). 

• Experience with modern microservices architecture, implementation, and operations. 

• Experience with relational database and AI/ML techniques 

• Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLM) 

• MS or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering related field. 

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. 

Union: 

This is a union-represented position.  

Travel: 

This position may require up to 10% travel.   

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.