Senior Principal Software Engineer - Software Foundations (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-12-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

TX232: Richardson 1727 CityLine 1727 East CityLine Drive Building C27, Richardson, TX, 75082 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

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

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

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. 

The Software Foundations team is looking to hire a Senior Principal Software Engineer to be part of their onsite team in Richardson, TX.

What You Will Do:

Software Foundation team partners with engineering, other functions, and the strategic business units/centers to provide the S/w development community with practical processes, templates, and metrics to enable efficient program execution, predictability, and continuous improvement. 

The team works hand in hand with the Department Leaders and programs to foster Agile & DevSecOps process discipline, deploy GenAI techniques, establish best practices and promote healthy program execution. The team also serves as a modernization liaison between other disciplines and functions (Cyber Security (GSS), Digital Technologies (DT), etc) to promote communication, cross business collaboration, knowledge sharing and alignment to organizational objectives.

Deliverables include:

• Development, deployment, and maintenance of process command media instructions and enablers, discipline metrics, and collaboration with other engineering and discipline leaders on improvement projects and initiatives.
• Communicate recommended approaches, constraints and rational for strategy development and implementation for command media, metrics, and cost estimation
• Support the Software Modernization Center and Engagement Leads to drive adoption of best practices and deployment of software, Agile, DevSecOps, & GenAI innovation across the organization
• Individually contribute to innovation and high performing teams to help Raytheon become a world-class software development organization

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

• Experience developing and testing deliverable software for government customers.

• Experience with automated test and CI/CD pipelines

• Experience with the application of program execution metrics

• Experience performing software engineering cost estimation

• Experience with Agile methodologies

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

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Current transferable Secret Clearance
• Experience as Product Owner or Scrum Master including being a Software Lead and/or Software Functional Manager.
• Demonstrated interest and success in improving software engineering execution
• Experience Leading improvement projects with Raytheon CORE or R6S
• Experience using GenAI for software development
• Exceptional analytical abilities, critical thinking, and creative problem solving
• Practical knowledge of software development lifecycle models
• Proven written and oral communication skills
• Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization
• Demonstrated ability to work multiple tasks and priorities, and to complete simultaneous assignments with high quality and timely products

What We Offer:

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

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Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role.

• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and m