Software Engineer II, Onsite

Date posted: July 29, 2026 • Location: Fullerton, CA • Onsite role • U.S. citizenship required to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance; active clearance required from day one.

About the role

Raytheon Software Engineering is seeking a Software Engineer II to join the Air Command and Control (C2) and Battlefield Sensors software department in Fullerton, California. You will develop mission-critical C2 applications using DevSecOps processes and industry best practices to counter evolving threats.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key contributor on a high-performing software product team.
• Participate in the design, implementation, test, and maintenance of C2 software applications.
• Collaborate in a cross-functional, agile environment.
• Travel up to 25 % of the time, including short-term business trips (2 weeks to 2 months) to Taiwan to interface with customers and colleagues.

Requirements

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Java, Python, or C++.
• Experience with Red Hat Linux.
• U.S. citizenship required to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for large, cross-functional teams.
• Experience in Command & Control domain software engineering.
• Experience with interface development (tactical data links, radar/civilian data sources, weapons control).
• Experience with Java UI frameworks such as Swing or JavaFX.
• Experience with component-based architecture and microservices.
• Experience with infrastructure and platforms.
• Experience with scripting languages.
• Experience with Ada or DOORS.
• Experience with toolchain products: Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Coverity, Collaborator, and JIRA.

Pay

Salary range: $75,800 – $144,200 USD.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance (short-term and long-term).
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program.
• Parental leave.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (dependent on role level and collective-bargaining status).