Senior Principal Software Engineer

Job Description
Are you an experienced Software Engineer looking for the next step to grow your career? Do you want to design and write software that really matters and be a part of a cause greater than yourself? Then, help us protect those that protect us by developing next generation electronic systems products and solutions. We need your talent, motivation, and vision to join our growing teams. BAE Systems has recently been awarded new programs and is currently undergoing an exciting period of growth.
About BAE Systems
Our employees work on the world's most advanced electronics. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we're innovating for the future. And you can, too.
This Software Engineering position is for a talented individual with strong communications and software development skills, with an aptitude for the development and maintenance of Linux based embedded product software. This includes implementation of container deployed software solutions and management practices; test software using debuggers, emulators, and simulators; execution of software releases, upgrades, custom interfaces and software quality assurance activities; supporting customers who are implementing our software on their hardware platforms.
At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed and grow. We are all about trust, camaraderie, and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. When you join our engineering group, you will be an integrated team member collaborating with Systems, Hardware, and Test engineers in one or more of the phases of software development: Requirements Development, Design, Coding, Integration and Testing.
We offer a flexible work environment and 9/80 work schedule. Our company is part of the community and driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.
Please note that pursuant to a government contract, the specific position requires a US citizenship status.
Job Description
We are looking for talented experienced Software professionals to help us create the world's most advanced solutions in the area such as Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Aircraft Protection, Radar Warning and Electronic Attack for our defense related customers. Our products provide critical mission capabilities to address the ever-evolving threats to our nation's security and the war fighter.
The selected candidate will provide technical leadership, project management, and guidance for the software engineering development activities. Works under consultative direction toward long-range goals and objectives. Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity which require a high degree of ingenuity, creativity and innovativeness using advanced concepts, techniques and standards.
We will provide you opportunities to learn, leverage our current technologies, incorporate new technologies, and be a leader in our engineering organization.
We offer a flexible work environment and 9/80 work schedule. Our company is part of the community and driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Software Engineering with 8+ years of related experience, or a Master of Science with 6+ years of related experience, or 12+ years equivalent work experience in a high-tech engineering and manufacturing environment
• Analyze, design, implement and perform code modification (typically in C++/Python) of complex software designs for systems or subsystems of larger systems.
• Evaluate complex software designs to identify design flaws.
• Experience with Digital Signal Processing including digital down conversion, demodulation, FFTs/IFFTs, other digital techniques
• Experience developing software in a Linux environment utilizing containers.
• Willingness to perform a wide variety of related tasks
• Experience with CUDA development
• Experience developing applications that cover several of: distributed, multi-threaded, real time, embedded, low latency, device control, or Software Defined Radio

Must have a current top secret clearance
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience with test equipment (signal generator, spectrum analyzer, etc)
• Networking experience, NAT, proxy servers
• Real-time embedded development
• Agile Development experience
• Designing and/or implementing software algorithms
• Provide, directly or indirectly, top level technical leadership for the assigned design discipline(s) including selection and exploitation of promising new technologies, long-term goals, etc.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $130355 - $221603
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve.