Embedded Software Engineer I

About the Role

Join the Secure Product Assurance/Sensors Space and Air Software team at Raytheon. This role involves developing cutting-edge software applications focused on solving defense challenges by designing, coding, integrating, and testing critical real-time embedded software for radar, sensor, guidance, and fire control systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on complex technical problems and collaborate to provide innovative solutions.
• Investigate and troubleshoot issues to develop resolutions.
• Work across all phases of the SW development lifecycle, including SW/HW integration.
• Assist in the derivation of system and software requirements, architectural modeling, and technical analysis.
• Design, code, unit test, integrate, and document real-time embedded software solutions with a focus on Raytheon’s Radar Digital Product Line (RDPL).
• Participate in software peer reviews, code inspections, and technical decision-making with multidisciplinary teams.
• Support program execution to ensure work products meet technical, cost, schedule, and quality baselines.
• Follow established software development processes and practices.
• Work Location: Onsite at our San Diego, CA Campus.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
• Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret
• Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.
• C, C++, or similar object-oriented programming language.
• Object-Oriented Design knowledge.
• Real-time embedded software development experience.
• Hands-on troubleshooting and problem-solving experience.
• Experience developing software in a team-based development environment.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Knowledge of Software Development Processes and experience participating in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience working with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and automated build environments.
• Familiarity with Scrum/Agile, DevSecOps, Git/GitLab.
• Experience with Linux development environments.
• Hands-on experience with scripting languages (Python, Perl, Bash) for automation and testing.
• Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and system software design.
• Exposure to radar systems, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), or real-time embedded software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited institution. Degree must be obtained by start date.