
Lead Software Engineer (Test & Verification)
Oklahoma City, OKFull-time$118–160K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 4 days ago
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Boeing Defense, Space & Security seeks a Lead Software Engineer (Test & Verification) for the B-52J CERP Test team in Oklahoma City. The role leads test engineers and directs requirements definition, tier three test development, and execution. The engineer designs, develops, tests, and maintains non-embedded software across its lifecycle, ensuring it meets industry, customer, safety, and regulatory standards. The position is 100% onsite.
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Lead Software Engineer (Test & Verification)
Company: The Boeing Company
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Software Engineer (Test & Verification) to join the B-52J CERP Test team in Oklahoma City, OK
This position involves leading and directing other test engineers, determining the requirements, writing the tier three tests, and executing the tests. The successful candidate will design, develop, test, and maintain non-embedded software throughout the end-to-end lifecycle that meets industry, customer, safety, and regulation standards.
Position Responsibilities:
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Leads the design, development, and completion of test and verification of software products to ensure quality, reliability, and functionality
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Partners with stakeholders and leads the review and identification of software requirements, test objectives, test strategies, and testability
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Leads the design of test plans, cases, and scenarios to meet software requirements and specifications
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Advises on the set up and configuration of test environments, including hardware, software, and network configurations to replicate production environments
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Leads executing test cases and scenarios to verify functionality, performance, and safety of software systems, identifying and reporting defects, issues, and potential vulnerabilities found during testing processes
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Advises on test results and feedback on software design and functionality to resolve defects, issues, and potential vulnerabilities
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Leads creating, documenting, and maintaining test plans, procedures, cases, artifacts, metrics, and data in accordance with data privacy and security protocols and standards
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Leads developing and maintaining automated test scripts and frameworks to improve efficiency and effectiveness of testing processes
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Leads software project management functions across test and verification activities involving multifunctional teams
This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
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Bachelor’s Degree
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Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. Ability to obtain Secret U.S. Security clearance Post-Start is required
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9+ years of experience with requirements, test development, and/or verification testing
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Professional experience with C, C++, C#, Python, Java, or Ada
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
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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 and 9+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 13+ years of directly related work experience OR 17+ years of related, relevant experience
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Experience developing STR, STD, SUM, test requirements, test cases, test procedures, and program tailored work instructions
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Experience programming in Ada
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Ability to develop/use Manual and Automated Test procedures.
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Ability to perform analysis on test results
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Experience overseeing activities in DOORS
Conflict of Interest: Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
Drug Free Workplace: Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace 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.
Total Rewards: 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: USD $118,150 - $ 159,850
Language Requirements: Not Applicable
Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
Relocation: This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Export Control Requirement: 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.
Safety Sensitive: This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.
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.
Contingent Upon Award Program This position is not contingent upon program award
Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)
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How this job compares
Set against the 34,049 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$118–160K/yr
- Oklahoma median$115–219K/yr183 salary ranges
- US median$140–220K/yr27,214 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $139K, is 18% below the Oklahoma median midpoint ($170K) — in the lowest quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in Oklahoma.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 218 open Software Engineer jobs in Oklahoma and 34,049 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Oklahoma
- Oracle59 open
- Meta21 open
- Northrop Grumman15 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 27,553 postings).
- Education
- 12,602 of the 34,049 open Software Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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