Senior Principal Software Engineer (Onsite)
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About the Role
Raytheon is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to support the System Development Life Cycle using C and C++ for defense systems. The role involves collaborating with agile teams, troubleshooting, and optimizing code.
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Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross functional, agile teams to define, design, and implement new features, ensuring system integration and scalability
- 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
- Participate in product reviews and ensure adherence to engineering standards and best practices
- Stay current with industry trends and advancements in modern languages, AI, DevSecOps, and other methodologies and technologies
- Exhibit leadership behaviors and practices and serve (part time or full time) in leadership roles
- Travel and off hours testing (2nd or 3rd shift) may occasionally be required
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience
- Experience in leading a team
- Experience in developing complex systems and applications using an object oriented (OO) programming language using C++
- Experience using Unix/Linux operating system
- Experience with data structures, software design principles, and developing algorithms, particularly in high concurrency and distributed systems
- Experience with Shell Scripting (tcsh, csh, bash), software development tools like Git/Clearcase, and software debuggers
- Experience with software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.)
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued interim secret security clearance is required prior to start. U.S. citizenship is required
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Job Overview
- As a Senior Principal Software Engineer, you will support one or more phases of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) requirements, design, development (using C and C++), test, validation, and maintenance.
- This is an onsite role based in Huntsville, AL.
What You Will Do
- Collaborate with cross functional, agile teams to define, design, and implement new features, ensuring system integration and scalability.
- 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.
- Participate in product reviews and ensure adherence to engineering standards and best practices.
- Stay current with industry trends and advancements in modern languages, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps), and other methodologies and technologies, especially in relation to complex systems.
- Exhibit leadership behaviors and practices and serve (part time or full time) in leadership roles.
- Travel and off hours testing (2nd or 3rd shift) may occasionally be required.
What You Will Learn
- Agile methodology and the associated tools.
- Leadership tools associated with Proposal efforts and Earned Value (EV).
- Modern Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery techniques.
- Test Driven Multi Disciplined Capability (TDMC) Product Development methodology.
- A variety of domains such as battle management, command & control, communications, radar, missile, and/or modeling & simulation.
- Work across engineering disciplines to develop solutions to complex problems in support of defense systems.
- Use AI to increase efficiency, resulting in higher quality products, across the SDLC.
Qualifications You Must Have
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
- Experience in leading a team.
- Experience in developing complex systems and applications using an object oriented (OO) programming language using C++.
- Experience using Unix/Linux operating system.
- Experience with data structures, software design principles, and developing algorithms, particularly in high concurrency and distributed systems, etc.
- Experience with Shell Scripting (tcsh, csh, bash), software development tools like Git/Clearcase, and software debuggers, etc.
- Experience with software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.).
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued interim secret security clearance is required prior to start. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Qualifications We Prefer
- Active Secret security clearance.
- Experience in the role as a Scrum Master (SM) and/or a Product Owner (PO).
- Experience with Network Communication Protocols and using embedded Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), such as VxWorks and Integrity.
- Experience in OO languages such as Java, C#, and Ada.
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System.
- Experience in embedded systems, real time systems, or large scale applications.
- Experience with multithreading, memory management, and performance optimization in complex environments.
What We Offer
- Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
- Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short term disability, long term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave,
- Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short term and/or long term incentive compensation programs.
Salary Range
- The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD 251,600 USD.
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