Sr Software Engineer - Airborne Radar Systems, Onsite
About The Position
Raytheon’s Sensors: Space and Air division in El Segundo, California, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Airborne Radar Systems group and its F/A-18 development team. The role supports software development for airborne radar products, including the APG-79 radar, and may focus on DevOps support, software build management, air-to-air radar software, or air-to-ground radar software. The Gen 4 Airborne Radar Department develops software capabilities across requirements, design, modeling and simulation, real-time embedded systems, signal and data processing, infrastructure software, testing, integration, and verification. The engineer will design, develop, and test software; support integration on hardware; contribute to development and production software for F/A-18 Next-Gen roadmap activities; and collaborate across engineering disciplines on system modifications and program execution. The position is onsite at Raytheon’s El Segundo campus. An active, transferable Secret clearance is required before starting, and the employee must be able to obtain special access program eligibility 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.
- An active and transferable U.S. Government-issued Secret security clearance is required before the start date.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
- Must be able to obtain special access programs (SAP/SAR) for continuation of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Current Top Secret clearance.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate on small teams.
- Development experience in ground or airborne sensors, such as radars, EO/IR, or EW.
- 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 the DevOps pipeline.
- Experience 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, or 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, and verification and validation of high-TRL systems.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and test software based on software trouble reports in an agile or waterfall collaborative environment, delivering builds for the APG-79 radar.
- Support software system integration 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 software documentation, 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 pays for 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 a match of up to 4% of eligible employees’ savings.
- Flexible work schedules and paid time off, including schedules with every other Friday off.
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage may be available.
- Flexible spending accounts may be available.
- Employee assistance program may be available.
- Parental leave, paid time off, and holidays may be available.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
