Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS) Communications & Network Systems Engineer (Experienced or Lead)

Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS) Communications & Network Systems Engineer (Experienced or Lead) Company: The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems (SI&WS) Organization is seeking a Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS) Communications & Network Systems Engineer to support System Network Architecting and Application Engineering activities in Huntington Beach, CA .   The GEDMS program, led out of Huntington Beach, CA, consists of geographically distributed team members.  Locations include the east coast and shipbuilding facilities in Bath, ME as well as Pascagoula, MS.  The GEDMS team is responsible for the design and sustainment of a family of ship-wide network system variants that include equipment for ruggedized switching, routing, and message/signal processing.  The system is designed for use on both United States (US) Navy and foreign ships.   The candidate will be instrumental in performing and managing high visibility tasks assigned by the US Navy customer for the System Engineering effort (network design and architecture development, requirements derivation, use cases, functional analysis, specifications development, verification and validation, etc.) required to develop and evolve the next-generation secure GEDMS architectures.  The selected candidate will be responsible for providing Systems Engineering support for major shipboard design variants.  In addition, responsibilities will include coordinating ongoing activities with internal and external team members and communicating with the customer.   Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Experienced or Lead Level Engineers.   Position Responsibilities: • Architect, design, configure, implement, test, and certify network devices (e.g., switches, routers, bridges, firewalls, VPNs), protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, DHCP, ARP/RARP), standards (e.g., IEEE, IETF, ISO, ITU), and frameworks. • Apply network technology skills to evaluate customer and/or operational needs to define and coordinate system network functional and performance requirements. • Perform analyses and trade studies to optimize total secure system network architecture, design, and configurations. • Performs analysis for safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, system security, certification, and other specialties quality factors into a preferred configuration to ensure mission success. • Define and prototype solutions, configure, test, and verify design function and performance for delivery to customers. • Provide support to Boeing field engineers and customer in-service engineers as they deploy and integrate GEDMS across US and Foreign Navy labs and ships. • Assist in the performance of technical management and project planning, with assigning tasking to and mentoring team members, and for the coordination of facilities and lab configuration/operation.   This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at the listed location.   Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): • 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. • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement. • 3+ years of experience in real-time, near real-time, or embedded systems.   Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): • Lead (Level 4): 5 or more years' related wo