Principal SW Engineer - SW Technical Lead - F18 Gen 4 Radar

RTX•El Segundo, CA

13h•$118,300 - $224,900•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon Space and Air division in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Principal Software Engineer [Embedded / Radar] to be part of their product development teams for the Gen4 Tactical Airborne Radar group, and take on the role of Technical Software Lead in the F18 Program area. The Gen 4 Airborne Radar Department mission is to provide world class Software for our customers’ wide array of RF products for airborne radar applications. Our software capabilities include software requirement development, design, modeling/simulation, real-time embedded, signal processing and data processing, infrastructure software, software testing, integration, and verification. Gen 4 Airborne Radar SW team in El Segundo CA is looking to add a Software Engineer to their F-18 development team.

Requirements

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant software development experience.
Experience serving as a Software REA and/or Software Technical Lead for software, with experience interfacing with customers.
Experience with DevSecOps Software methodologies
Development experience coding in C, C++, ADA or related languages/tools across phases of Software Development Life Cycle
Experience working on UNIX, Linux, Windows, VxWorks, Green Hills or other Real Time Operating Systems.
Active and transferable U.S. Government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Current Top Secret Clearance
Development experience in Ground or Airborne Sensors (Radars, EO/IR, EW, etc.)
Experience designing & implementing radar modes & algorithms, signal processing, target detection, and tracking
Experience with Networks (software and hardware)
Experience developing near-real-time, embedded SW
Experience with git
Experience with embedded or low-level software development, including OS-adjacent or hardware-interfacing work.
Experience with CI/CD tools and infrastructure such as Jenkins, Subversion, or similar.
Familiarity with Agile lifecycle process including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development Methodologies
Experience developing embedded software for sensors, algorithm development, signal or data processing preferred.
Experience with DoD & related System/SW Architectures and messaging standards (e.g. OMS, SOSA, Link-16, etc)
Experience with production-level SW development & deployment, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) using modern FOSS/COTS toolsets.
Experience with full lifecycle SW development of high-TRL systems.

Responsibilities

Provide technical guidance to the software team and serve as the liaison between the software team, other engineering counterparts, program leadership, and the customer
Hold the team accountable and drive progress to meet deadlines and technical milestones
Design, develop, and test software based on software trouble reports in an agile/waterfall, collaborative environment, delivering builds for the APG-79 radar. Support system integration of software on hardware
Consult on Development and Production software development for our F/A-18 roadmap activities
Demonstrate critical thinking skills, the ability to thrive in small, empowered teams, and an intense desire to directly enable our customers’ success
Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing code for performance and efficiency in complex environments
Write and maintain comprehensive documentation for software applications, including system architecture and design specifications
Work collaboratively with multiple engineering disciplines to analyze, implement, and test system modification requests to the existing system baseline.