Software Engineer II, Real-time Embedded

Date Posted: 2026-05-28 | Location: Goleta, CA (Onsite) | U.S. citizenship required to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance; active clearance strongly preferred.

About the Role

Raytheon’s Electronic Warfare (EW) Software development team is seeking an experienced Software Engineer II to work on real-time embedded products. You will join collaborative, cross-disciplined integrated product teams using agile system and software development practices to plan, specify, design, test, and integrate complex software and systems solutions.

Responsibilities

• Innovate creative implementations of new products and technologies from architecture and design through integration, lab test, and field test.
• Collaborate with systems, firmware, electrical, and software engineers in an advanced product-development environment.
• Develop software requirements and FPGA-level interface requirements derived from system-level specifications.
• Perform simulations, analysis, and laboratory testing of software.
• Occasional business-related travel required.

Requirements

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in software design, integration, and test using C/C++.
• Experience in software engineering related to firmware or product development.
• U.S. citizenship required to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued DoD Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current, transferable DoD Secret security clearance.
• Experience with embedded microprocessor design, system-on-chip software, FPGAs, high-speed transceivers, DDR, flash memories, block diagrams, signal analysis, signal generation, and signal processing.
• Experience developing real-time applications on embedded platforms (bare metal, embedded Linux, Windows).
• Knowledge of Electronic Warfare (EA/ES), Radar, or Secure Communications technologies.
• Experience with .NET C#, WPF, and MVVM.
• Familiarity with tools: Visual Studio, Vitis, TortoiseSVN, Jenkins, Jira, Collaborator.
• Lab experience using logic analyzers, high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, and system-on-chip debugging tools.
• Experience with interfaces and bus standards: VME, PCI, PCIe, VPX, or Gigabit Ethernet.
• Experience across the full software lifecycle from architecture to post-delivery maintenance.
• Experience with software algorithm development and machine learning.
• Experience with Agile development processes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program (tuition assistance).
• Parental leave.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (performance-based).
• Relocation assistance available.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $75,800 – $144,200 USD, commensurate with experience, location, and other factors.