Principal Software Engineer VAX/VMS & FORTRAN (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-03-13

Country:

United States of America

Location:

VA301: 2 Relay Road, Chesapeake 2 Relay Road Bldg 344, Chesapeake, VA, 23322 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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.

If you want to explore an occupation that builds complex software which controls highly sophisticated defense and civil systems which are currently deployed in more than 80 countries and the globe, then Raytheon is the place for you! Our small agile teams adapt to evolving customer and warfighter needs. Our engineers benefit from a flexible work environment where engineers can move between teams and support new domains critical to our nation’s defense. Due to clearance requirement, this position is an onsite role based in our Chesapeake, VA location.

What You Will Do:

• As a Principal Software Engineer, you will support one or more phases of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - requirements, design, development, test, validation, and maintenance.

• You will support research and development activities and/or programs of record.

• You will work with a talented team of engineers, architects, and leaders in an Agile environment.

• Apply experience to plan for and execute the porting of an operational system to a new platform, operating system, and computing language.

What You Will Learn:

• Agile methodology and a tool set that supports this.

• Modern Development, Security, and Operation (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 complex problems in support of defense systems.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related (STEM) discipline and minimum 10 years of prior engineering experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 7 years engineering work experience.

• Experience with virtual memory system, VAX/VMS, OpenVMS, system management, scripting, Alpha, Integrity platform, including migrating across generations, etc.

• Experience with FORTRAN programming language or similar (including Infrastructure, utilities, Global Data / Common Blocks) etc…

• Experience with developing, testing, object-oriented software using a modern software language (e.g., C++, Rust, Java, etc).

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

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with OOA/D and UML or similar design language/notation. 

• Experience in converting legacy FORTRAN code to modern C++ applications

• Experience with Agile or working knowledge of lifecycle processes including Scrum, and Continuous Integration.

• Experience as a Software Architect with the ability to refactor and optimize code to create a cohesive and extensible software product.

• Experience working closely and directly within a team environment.

• Experience with tools such as Atlassian Suite (e.g., Bitbucket, Confluence, Crucible, Fisheye, Jira), Jenkins, Eclipse, etc.

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.

Learn More & Apply Now!

• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

• Clearance Information: This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Cleara