Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

Date Posted:

2026-04-15

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-CA-GOLETA-B01 ~ 6825 Cortona Dr ~ BLDG B01

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance​

Security Clearance Type:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status:

Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression.  We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat.  Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

We are currently seeking a Principal Software Security Engineer to join our Software Product Assurance team in Goleta, Santa Barbara County, CA as a SW Security Individual Contributor supporting development for the SW Product Assurance (embedded program protection and cyber) of our portfolio of programs at the site.

• Raytheon Goleta, Ca Location

What You Will Do:

Our mission is to provide world class Security Software to be used in developing and supporting deployed sensor systems on various platforms.

• Implement Software Security principles to embedded software design, development, integration, and testing of real-time sensor software.

• Develop software applications using C and C++ languages on a variety of computing platforms

• Ensure the SW Product Assurance processes are followed on our programs

• Understand real-time software design and the performance implications associated with specific System Security implementations.

• Work closely with cross functional Engineering teams to define and implement Test Driven Multidisciplinary Capability (TDMC) based execution development and deployment requirements.

• Work in a common development environment to support and facilitate program ability to leverage specific capabilities.

• Interface with customer community to review technical design and support verification of system maturity.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of relevant software experience

• Experience with C / C++

• Experience with Xilinx UltaScale+ MPSoC, Versal, or similar Embedded Processors

• Experience with embedded OS like VxWorks, Embedded Linux, or similar

• Embedded Software Security experience

• The ability to obtain and maintain an ***interim Secret U.S. security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience/knowledge of any of the following:

  • Designing, implementing, testing, or fielding real-time security-oriented solutions on Department of Defense (DoD) programs (embedded experience highly preferred)

  • Cyber security experience. Using security-relevant tools and devices for security auditing, network security, host/server security, communication security, or policy management.

  • Secure boot, containerization and hardening concepts

  • Static analysis concepts, methods & tools

  • Petalinux/Yocto operating systems

  • Cryptographic Algorithms

  • Agile/Scrum/Kanban frameworks and DevSecOps environments

  • Python / Perl

  • Knowledge of modern computer architecture and hardware technologies including:

    • ARM Architecture

    • Interface protocols: PCIe, GPIO, I2C, SATA

    • Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)

    • Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)

  • Using software configuration management and bug tracking tools

• Experience with validation and verification of software applications

• Experience in a technical leadership role to grow and lead a small technical team

What We Offer: