Senior Software Security Engineer

Raytheon is seeking a Senior Software Security Engineer to help deliver world-class security software for deployed missile systems in Tucson, Arizona. In this onsite role, you will support the application and embedded real-time missile software lifecycle, with a focus on applying system security principles through design, development, integration, and testing.

• Location: Tucson, AZ (onsite)
• Salary: USD 86,800 - 165,200 per year
• Minimum experience: 5 years
• Education: Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)

What you’ll do

• Participate in the design, development, integration, and testing of real-time missile software for application and embedded environments.
• Apply System Security principles to the design and implementation of missile software applications.
• Develop software applications using C and C++ across a variety of computing platforms.
• Evaluate how implementation details connect to the overall “big picture” of the missile system and develop or review solutions at the source code level.
• Collaborate with the Systems Security Engineering team to define and implement requirements.
• Work within a common development environment that supports program capabilities.
• Interface with the customer community to review technical design and help verify system maturity.
• Use understanding of real-time software design and the performance implications associated with specific system security implementations.

Required qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in STEM and a minimum of 5 years of relevant software experience.
• Experience with C / C++.
• Experience with Xilinx UltaScale+ MPSoC, Versal, or similar embedded processors.
• Experience with an embedded OS such as VxWorks, Embedded Linux, or similar.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an Interim Secret Level U.S. security clearance prior to the start date, with the ability to obtain program access after start.
• Must have active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Technologies you may work with

• C, C++
• Xilinx UltaScale+ MPSoC, Versal
• VxWorks, Embedded Linux, Linux/Unix environment
• FPGAs, ARM Architecture
• Secure boot concepts, cryptographic algorithms
• PCIe, GPIO, I2C, SATA
• Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)
• Python, Perl

Preferred qualifications

• Embedded software security experience.
• Experience/knowledge of Linux/Unix environment.
• Interfacing with FPGAs.
• Interfacing with low-level memory drivers.
• Inter-processor communication.
• ARM Architecture.
• Secure boot concepts and cryptographic algorithms.
• Experience designing, implementing, testing, or fielding real-time security-oriented solutions on Department of Defense (DoD) programs (embedded experience highly preferred).
• Experience using security-relevant tools and devices for security auditing, network security, host/server security, communication security, or policy management.
• Experience in Agile and DevSecOps environments.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum/Kanban frameworks and development environments.
• Experience using software configuration management and bug tracking tools.
• Experience using Python / Perl.
• Knowledge of modern computer architectures and hardware technologies including PCIe, GPIO, I2C, SATA, FPGAs, and ASICs.

Benefits

• Compensation
• Healthcare, wellness
• Retirement and work/life benefits
• Parental (including paternal) leave
• Flexible work schedules
• Achievement awards
• Educational assistance
• Child/adult backup care
• Medical, dental, vision
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• Parental leave
• Paid time off and holidays

What Raytheon offers

• A robust total rewards package including compensation, healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits, along with career development and recognition programs.
• Benefits include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance, and child/adult backup care.

• Onsite work: This role is onsite at Raytheon’s campus in Tucson, AZ, with employees working primarily onsite.
• Security clearance process: This position requires a security clearance, and DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS) adjudicates the security clearance process. More information is available on the U.S. Department of State website: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm

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