Principal Software Security Engineer

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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.

We are currently seeking a Principal Software Security Engineer to join our Software Product Assurance team in McKinney, TX.

• Our mission is to provide world class Security Software to be used in developing and supporting deployed sensor systems on various platforms.
• Implement Software Security principles to embedded software design, development, integration, and testing of real-time sensor software.
• Develop software applications using C and C++ languages on a variety of computing platforms.
• Ensure the SW Product Assurance processes are followed on our programs.
• Understand real-time software design and the performance implications associated with specific System Security implementations.
• Work closely with cross functional Engineering teams to define and implement Test Driven Multidisciplinary Capability (TDMC) based execution development and deployment requirements.
• Work in a common development environment to support and facilitate program ability to leverage specific capabilities.
• Interface with customer community to review technical design and support verification of system maturity.

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of relevant software experience.
• Expertise with C / C++.
• Experience with Static analysis concepts, methods & tools.
• Experience with Xilinx Ulta Scale+ MPSoC, Versal, or similar Embedded Processors.
• Experience with embedded OS like VxWorks, Embedded Linux, or similar.
• Experience using scripting languages like Python, Perl, or similar.
• Embedded Software Security experience.
• Active and transferable U.S. Government issued Secret clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

• Experience with Secure boot, containerization and software hardening.
• Experience with Cryptographic Algorithms.
• Experience in a technical leadership role to grow and lead a small technical team.
• Experience/knowledge of any of the following:
  Designing, implementing, testing, or fielding real-time security-oriented solutions on Department of War (DoW) programs (embedded experience highly preferred).
• Kernel or Device Driver development.
• Petalinux/Yocto operating systems.
• Agile/Scrum/Kanban frameworks and Dev Sec Ops  environments.
• Knowledge of modern computer architecture and hardware technologies including: ARM Architecture.
• Interface protocols: PCIe, GPIO, I2C, SATA.
• Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs).
• Application‑Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs).
• Using software configuration management and bug tracking tools.
• Experience with validation and verification of software applications.

Onsite:
Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of…