CHICAGO, Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing Company
(NYSE: BA) today named Jinnah Hosein as the company's vice
president of Software Engineering, effective immediately. In this
newly created role, Hosein will report to Greg Hyslop, Boeing chief engineer and senior
vice president of Engineering, Test & Technology, and will
focus on further strengthening Boeing's focus on software
engineering across the enterprise.
"The continued advances in software makes excellence in software
engineering an imperative for our business," said
Hyslop. "Jinnah will be charged with defining and leading
Boeing's strategy for software engineering, which includes
providing capabilities, technologies, processes and secure and
accurate systems to meet the needs of all our customers across the
entire product life cycle."
Hosein will lead a new, centralized organization of engineers
who currently support the development and delivery of software
embedded in Boeing's products and services. The team will also
integrate other functional teams to ensure engineering excellence
throughout the product life cycle.
"Safety, quality and integrity underpin the mission of our
software engineering team, and building on this solid foundation,
Jinnah will be a transformational leader for Boeing," said
Dave Calhoun, Boeing president and
CEO. "Jinnah's broad experience and fresh perspective will elevate
our performance and accelerate the important work we've already
begun in this area."
Hosein brings extensive experience as a software engineering
leader across several innovative, high-tech companies. He joins
Boeing after serving as vice president of Software Engineering for
Aurora, a self-driving vehicle company, in Palo Alto, California. He led the company's
software organization for the development of those vehicles and
developed Aurora's high-integrity software life cycle to deploy
autonomous architecture to on-road vehicles.
Previously, Hosein held leadership roles at SpaceX, where he led
software development for Falcon, Falcon Heavy, Dragon, Crew Dragon
and other flight vehicles, and at Tesla, where he helped develop
autopilot software. In addition, he served as Google's director of
software engineering for cloud networking and was one of the
original members of Google's Site Reliability Engineering team.
Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading
provider of commercial airplanes, defense, space and security
systems, and global services. As a top U.S. exporter, the company
supports commercial and government customers in more than 150
countries and leverages the talents of a global supplier base.
Building on a legacy of aerospace leadership, Boeing continues to
lead in technology and innovation, deliver for its customers and
invest in its people and future growth.
Contact
Boeing Media Relations
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