Sr Software Engineer - Airborne Radar Systems, Onsite

RTX • El Segundo, CA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon’s Sensors: Space and Air division in El Segundo, California, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Airborne Radar Systems group and F/A-18 development team. The team develops software for airborne radar products, including requirements, design, modeling and simulation, real-time embedded software, signal and data processing, infrastructure software, testing, integration, and verification. The role may support areas such as DevOps, software build management, or air-to-air and air-to-ground radar software.

The engineer will design, develop, and test software based on software trouble reports in a collaborative agile/waterfall environment, delivering builds for the APG-79 radar. The position also supports system integration on hardware and development and production software work for the F/A-18 Next-Gen roadmap. The engineer will collaborate across engineering disciplines on system modifications, troubleshoot and optimize existing code, document software architecture and design, and contribute to program execution and continuous improvement.

This position is primarily onsite at Raytheon’s El Segundo, California campus. An active, transferable U.S. government Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship are required before starting. The employee must be able to obtain special access program authorization for continued employment.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).
• Typically requires 5 years of relevant software experience.
• Development experience coding in C, C++, ADA, or related languages/tools across phases of the software development life cycle.
• Experience working on UNIX, Linux, Windows, VxWorks, Green Hills, or another real-time operating system.
• Active and transferable U.S. government-issued Secret security clearance required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Must be able to obtain special access programs (SAP/SAR) authorization for continuation of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Current Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate on small teams.
• Development experience with ground or airborne sensors, such as radars, EO/IR, or electronic warfare systems.
• Experience designing and implementing radar modes and algorithms, signal processing, target detection, and tracking.
• Experience with software and hardware networks.
• Experience developing near-real-time embedded software.
• 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 processes, including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development methodologies.
• Experience with a DevOps pipeline or managing software builds.
• Experience developing air-to-air radar software.
• Experience developing air-to-ground radar software.
• Experience developing embedded software for sensors, algorithm development, and signal or data processing.
• Experience with DoD and related system/software architectures and messaging standards, such as OMS, SOSA, and Link-16.
• Experience with production-level software development and deployment, including DevOps, DevSecOps, and/or CI/CD using modern FOSS/COTS toolsets.
• Experience with full-lifecycle software development of high-TRL systems.
• Experience with hardware/software integration and test (I&T) and verification and validation (V&V) of high-TRL systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test software based on software trouble reports in a collaborative agile/waterfall environment.
• Deliver software builds for the APG-79 radar.
• Support integration of software on hardware.
• Support development and production software for F/A-18 Next-Gen roadmap activities.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing code for performance and efficiency in complex environments.
• Write and maintain documentation for software applications, including system architecture and design specifications.
• Participate in program execution and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with multiple engineering disciplines to analyze, implement, and test system modification requests to the existing system baseline.

Benefits

• Employee Scholar Program covering tuition, academic fees, and books for undergraduate and graduate study at approved educational institutions.
• 401(k) plan with a broad range of investment options and, for eligible employees, matching up to 4% of savings.
• Flexible work schedules and paid time off, including schedules with every other Friday off.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance may be available to eligible hired applicants.
• Flexible spending accounts may be available to eligible hired applicants.
• Employee assistance program may be available to eligible hired applicants.
• Parental leave, paid time off, and holidays may be available to eligible hired applicants.
• Eligible applicants may be considered for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior