2026 Raytheon Full Time- Software Engineer I -(Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-08-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-CA-EL SEGUNDO-R01 ~ 2000 E Imperial Hwy ~ BLDG R01

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 Type:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status:

Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

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Sensors: Space and Air division in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Software Engineer I [Embedded / Radar] to be part of their product development team for the Gen4 Tactical Airborne Radar group.

What You Will Do:

• Work on technical problems and provide innovative solutions, with guidance as needed.

• Work at all phases of the SW development lifecycle, including SW/HW integration

• Develop RT embedded SW, specifically pertaining to various radar modes and capabilities.

• Utilize investigation and troubleshooting skills to assess issues and develop solutions.

• Work with teams across multiple disciplines, internal and external

• Join program and customer meetings/reviews

• Support the team leads as needed regarding technical decision making, problem resolution.

• Help to ensure performance to technical, cost, schedule, quality.

• Support of system and software requirements and architecture generation and analysis as needed.

• Work Location: Onsite at our El Segundo, CA Campus

• Must be able to obtain "special access programs" (SAP/SAR) for continuation of employment.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred.

• A minimum of 1 year of progressive experience in embedded software development  

• Development experience coding in C/C++/ADA or related languages/tools in radar-development software is required.

• Experience working on UNIX, Linux, Windows, VxWorks or other RTOS

• Experience working in an agile/scrum team hyper-collaborative team environment using typical agile oriented tool suite.

• Introductory Experience with design, code, integration, and test of software into a large software baseline and large system

• Clearance: Must be able to obtain DoD Secret Clearance; US Citizenship is mandatory to acquire and maintain Security clearances.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Current DoD Secret and Top Secret Clearance

• Experience developing Radar Software applications

• Direct experience with Agile methodologies.

• Analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot tool and system operation performance issues.

• Experience with large complex systems such as airborne radars.