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Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Raytheon

$112,000 - $224,000
Nov 1, 2025
Goleta, CA, US
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Raytheon is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to be an active participant in the software development team for Electronic Warfare (EW) projects, working with cutting edge technologies in products that protect our warfighters.

Requirements

  • Experience in software design, integration and test utilizing C / C++.
  • Experience with embedded microprocessor design, system on a chip software design, FPGAs, high-speed transceivers, DDR, flash memories, block diagrams, signal analyses or signal generation.
  • Experience developing real-time applications on embedded platforms, including bare metal (no-OS), embedded Linux, or Windows environments.
  • Existing Secret security clearance.
  • Electronic Warfare Electronic Attack/Electronic Support (EA/ES), Radar, or Secure Communications technology knowledge.
  • Experience with .NET C-Sharp using WPF and MVVM.
  • Tool familiarity: Visual Studio, Vitis, TortoiseSVN, Jenkins, Jira, Collaborator.

Responsibilities

  • Technical leadership and participation on collaborative, cross-disciplined integrated product teams, often employing agile system and software development operations to plan, specify, design, test, and integrate complex software and systems solutions.
  • Responsibilities include inventions and innovations of new products and technologies, from architecture and design, through integration, lab test and field test.
  • Collaborating effectively with other disciplines and senior technical staff, in addition to producing planning and technical work products for internal customers to form original solutions to complex problems.
  • Developing software requirements and FPGA level interface requirements derived from system level requirements, developing associated architectures, performing simulations and analysis and testing of the software in a laboratory setting.
  • Work in an advanced product development team environment with systems, firmware, electrical and software engineers.
  • Think out-of-the box to root-cause issues and develop creative resolutions.
  • Handle fast pace and dynamic product development environment including engagement with Systems' and Electrical Engineers

Other

  • The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
  • U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
  • DoD Clearance: Secret
  • This position will require occasional business-related travel.
  • Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.