Software Engineer ; Sea Systems - Valley, MD

2026 Software Engineer I (Sea Systems) – Hunt Valley, MD

Sea Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi‑industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators, and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom, and launch—things that move people, protect soldiers, and power industries. This role is in Textron Systems’ Sea Systems business area, supporting our unmanned surface vehicle programs that focus on autonomous control, advanced payload integration, vision systems, and other emerging technologies.

As a new graduate in our Sea Systems team, you will work on applied research and development initiatives and established programs, helping to design, simulate, construct, and field‑test autonomous surface vehicles and their subsystems. Our goal is to deliver disruptive autonomy technologies that enhance our customers’ mission capabilities.

• Develop solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope on both current and next‑generation technologies in support of our family of Surface Vehicle products.
• Perform software development of new products across all phases of the product lifecycle from concept development to lab and offsite integration and evaluation.
• Develop software at component, subsystem, and system level, including embedded control systems and sensor/operator interface development.
• Work cohesively on a multi‑functional team with exciting technologies and products.
• Provide offsite integration and test support.
• Other related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in software engineering, computer science or a related field.
• Technical internship experience preferred.
• C/C++ or Java programming experience.
• Basic shell scripting experience.
• Network/Serial/CAN interface development experience is a plus.
• Knowledgeable of object‑oriented analysis (OOA)/object‑oriented design (OOD).
• Comfortable working in Unix‑based development environments.
• Knowledge of basic configuration management principles.
• Exposure to frontend technologies – CSS, JavaScript, Type Script, REST API, databases (SQL or No
  
  SQL), and web UI design is a plus.
• Travel up to 20% of the time.

• Compressed work week schedule (e.g., 9/80, 5/8, 4/10) providing additional Fridays off.
• Dress‑for‑your‑day flexible dress code.
• Employee discounts from over 30,000 merchants.
• Career development & training opportunities, including shadowing and mentorship programs.
• Health, vision, dental, prescription, life and disability insurance and related benefit programs.
• Competitive base pay: $96,000 – $96,000 per year (pay range applies).

Textron is committed to providing equal opportunity in employment to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, for access to classified information.

• Primary location:
  Hunt Valley, MD
• Job function:
  Engineering
• Schedule:
  
  Full‑time, compressed work week (9x80)
• Travel:
  Yes, 20% of the time

Entry level