About the position
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 seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer with a focus on developing complex systems in C++, to work onsite in Fort Wayne, IN and be part of the Battle Management Software (BMS) Department. We strive for technical excellence by drawing upon a workforce whose knowledge base covers the complete spectrum of modern computing languages and platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and test software based on software trouble reports in an agile, collaborative environment, delivering build to site twice a year.
- Work collaboratively with systems and SI&T engineers to analyze, implement, and test system modification requests to the existing system baseline.
- Align to the core Agile and DevSecOps principles of collaborative operation across the entire value stream, delivering high-frequency, high-quality deployments to our customers.
Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
- A minimum of 8 years of prior relevant software development experience
- Experience with software development, test, and/or integration using C, C++ or Ada
- Experience with Script languages (C shell, Perl)
- Experience using debugging tools to quickly identify and fix software bugs, as well as optimize code for performance
- Active and transferrable final Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. US citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Nice-to-haves
- Prior experience on XBR, AN/TPY-2, COBRA DANE, QEWR, UEWR, SRP or other current missile defense programs
- Experience working in Agile environments such as scrum, scrum at scale, SAFe and DevSecOps
- Potential to travel to customer site (up to 50%) for software build install and test
- Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment with time-critical requirements
- Ability to coach and delegate work to lower-level professionals
- Experience contributing to a team environment for the purpose of developing creative solutions to complex technical problems
- Experience with tools such as Atlassian Suite (e.g., Bitbucket/Artifactory, Confluence, Crucible, Fisheye, Jira), Jenkins, Eclipse, and Ansible
- Experience working in a continuous integration/continuous development environment; experience with CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of Redhat and Linux Operating Systems
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
- Short-term disability, long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off, and holidays
