Senior Software Development Engineer

Date Posted:

2026-03-23

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-CA-EL SEGUNDO-E01 ~ 2000 E El Segundo Blvd ~ BLDG E01

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: TS/SCI

Security Clearance Status:

Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

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.

Raytheon’s Air & Space Defense Systems (ASDS) strategic business unit (SBU) specializes in multi-domain integrated air and missile defense, advanced sensors, space-based systems, hypersonics, effectors and cyber solutions.

We are looking to hire a Senior Software Development Engineer to be part of the sub-SBU that focuses on Surveillance & Reconnaissance deliverable.

What You Will Do:

Be part of a small, highly-focused team working to develop and maintain real-time, embedded software for sensor systems. The team members are multi-disciplined and contribute across all phases of systems engineering, software development, integration and test, and metrics. The team works closely with operations personnel to meet unique and continuously evolving development needs.

• Design, develop, test, deliver, and maintain software for cutting-edge satellite ground systems

• Work with talented teams of engineers, architects, and leaders in an Agile environment

• Implement modern DevSecOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery techniques.

• Use Software lifecycle practices on defense projects.

• Work on a breadth of advanced software technologies and techniques including multi-tiered architectures, AWS web services, and microservice software design

• Work on Satellite ground system technologies including Mission Data Processing

• Work onsite in El Segundo, CA

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 5 years of relevant software engineering experience.

• Experience developing object-oriented software using C++ / C / Python, in a Linux environment

• Experience with containerization, Kubernetes

• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket

• An active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance (TS/SCI) 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 deploying a multi-threaded software on the Kubernetes cluster, using helm charts, podman container images and configuration management(yaml) files.

• Experience with resolving application issues on the Kubernetes cluster by analyzing logs and investigating container status using Kubectl commands.

• Ability to develop test suites using the C++ google test and python unit testing frameworks to ensure compliance of SRS specifications for performance and interface requirements.

• Ability to integrate fully automated system/unit tests in the Jenkins pipeline to help streamline the regression testing process and provide reliable releases.

• Experience with collaborating and interfacing with the customers to support software installation with new releases for mitigating risk and resolving DRs.

• Experience using Agile methodology

• Experience with some area of satellite ground system software such as Mission Data Processing

• Experience with software integration, cloud architecture, infrastructure/platform as a service, microservices, and web-based systems

• Experience with cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and CI/CD processes

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.