Senior Radar Software Engineer (Onsite
Listed on 2026-08-05
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer
Senior Radar Software Engineer
At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
As a Senior Radar Software Engineer, you will support one or more phases of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - requirements, design, development (using C and C++), test, validation, and maintenance.
This is an onsite role based in Huntsville, AL.
What You Will Do- Collaborate with cross-functional, agile teams to define, design, and implement new features, ensuring system integration and scalability.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing code for performance and efficiency in complex environments.
- Write and maintain comprehensive documentation for software applications, including system architecture and design specifications.
- Participate in product reviews and ensure adherence to engineering standards and best practices.
- Stay current with industry trends and advancements in modern languages, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Development, Security, and Operations (Dev Sec Ops ), and other methodologies and technologies, especially in relation to complex systems.
- Exhibit leadership behaviors and practices and serve (part-time or full-time) in leadership roles
- Travel may occasionally be required.
- Agile methodology and the associated tools.
- Modern Development, Security, and Operations (Dev Sec Ops ) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery techniques.
- Test-Driven Multi-Disciplined Capability (TDMC) Product Development methodology.
- Work across engineering disciplines to develop solutions to complex problems in support of defense systems.
- Use AI to increase efficiency, resulting in higher quality products, across the SDLC.
- Broaden Radar domain knowledge.
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
- Experience using C++ development on a Linux or Unix based platform
- Experience with one or More of the Following to Support Radar Software Development
- Radar systems and signal processing (e.g., pulse-Doppler processing, detection theory, tracking, waveform processing)
- Digital signal processing (DSP) (e.g., FFTs, filtering, pulse compression, matched filtering)
- Radio Frequency (RF) systems and antenna concepts (e.g., propagation, phased arrays, beamforming, angle-of-arrival estimation)
- Radar scene and signal modeling (e.g., target phenomenology, clutter, propagation, complex baseband (I/Q) signal generation)
- Electronic attack (EA) and electronic protection (EP) concepts
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued interim secret security clearance is required prior to start. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
- Active Secret security clearance.
- Experience in the role as a Scrum Master (SM) and/or a Product Owner (PO).
- 3+ years of MATLAB development for modeling
- Experience with MDA X-Band Radars
- Experience with design, implementation, optimization, and validation of radar signal processing and simulation software
- Experience with development of high-fidelity radar scene and complex baseband (I/Q) signal simulation capabilities
- Experience with high-performance, real-time software development
- Experience with parallel programming and hardware acceleration (e.g., multithreading, SIMD, CUDA/OpenCL)
- Experience with performance analysis, profiling, and optimization of computationally intensive applications
- 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.
The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible…
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