Top Software Engineer Jobs in San Diego, CA

Ensures software and system quality across engineering programs by defining quality objectives, monitoring processes, witnessing qualification and acceptance testing, conducting audits, tracking anomalies and corrective actions, evaluating suppliers, reviewing engineering artifacts, and assessing requirements traceability. The role also supports metrics reporting, software code reviews, mission assurance, and compliance with quality standards. A Secret clearance is required, with eligibility to obtain clearance accepted.

Provides technical leadership for complex software engineering programs supporting electronic warfare, secure communications, radar warning, and electronic attack systems. Responsibilities include C++ software development in Linux, design analysis, code modification, testing and validation, technical presentations, process improvement, mentoring, and collaboration with systems, hardware, and test engineering teams. The role is fully onsite and requires an active DoD Secret clearance.

Lead integration of third-party SDKs, APIs, mission systems, payloads, and software into Linux-based autonomous aircraft platforms. Build integration tools, debug issues across networking, hardware interfaces, and distributed systems, and deliver production-ready software. Collaborate across autonomy, avionics, electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering teams. Support field testing and operational integration activities.

Develops, tests, integrates, and maintains software for RF defense communication systems supporting U.S. Navy missions. Responsibilities include SDLC participation, C/C++/Java development, Agile delivery, hardware/software and FPGA integration, test procedure development, technical documentation, stakeholder coordination, and mentoring junior engineers.

Designs, develops, and deploys software products that generate synthetic scenarios for Live, Virtual, and Constructive simulation environments. Leads a software development team working onsite with government personnel. Responsibilities include software development, virtual machine deployment and management, DevSecOps lifecycle execution, obsolescence engineering, technical documentation, and support for classified intelligence-related projects.

Designs, develops, and deploys software products that generate synthetic scenarios for Live, Virtual, and Constructive simulation environments. Leads a software development team working onsite with government personnel. Responsibilities include software development, VMware deployment and management, DevSecOps lifecycle execution, technical documentation, obsolescence engineering, and support for classified intelligence-related projects.

Lead development and commercialization of intradermal biosensor software, authoring tested mobile/server/GUI code and SDKs, ensuring regulatory quality-system compliance, mentoring engineers, estimating capacity, and maintaining production services.

Design, develop, test, and integrate high-quality software for defense customers. Translate requirements into technical designs, implement solutions across multiple stacks, participate in code reviews, apply secure coding practices, support lab and field integration/testing, and manage project risks and contractual deliverables.

Lead design and implementation of real-time perception algorithms (detection, tracking, sensor fusion) for embedded maritime vehicles. Integrate ML and classical methods, optimize for embedded/GPU hardware, build tests and simulations, select and evaluate sensors, mentor engineers, and field-test algorithms on USVs.

The Lead Software Engineer will design, implement, and test software for advanced data communications and networking solutions, mentor junior engineers, and lead technical discussions in a fast-paced environment.

Implement and audit software quality standards across programs, ensure compliance with contractual and process requirements, review designs and tests, support CMMI/AS9100 audits, collect/report software metrics, evaluate suppliers, and witness qualification and acceptance testing.

Develop and maintain software integrations connecting payload hardware, mission applications, and autonomous systems. Integrate SDKs and APIs for cameras, radios, sensors, and other equipment; build configuration, monitoring, and control tools; customize mission applications; debug Linux, networking, hardware, and distributed software systems; create Docker deployments; and support field testing and upstream production integration.

Designs, develops, and executes comprehensive testing for C# thick-client, web, cloud, bioinformatics, and hardware-integrated software. Responsibilities include functional, regression, integration, and performance testing; defect tracking in Azure DevOps; test automation; pull request reviews; cross-functional collaboration; and improving QA processes. The role also ensures software quality standards and industry compliance.

Designs and develops reliable, modular, secure software components on RHEL, including C++ applications, X Windows applications, web middleware, and front-end systems. Builds and maintains large-scale production systems, supports security accreditation policies, and applies expertise in Linux, web technologies, databases, operating systems, networking, performance, and distributed systems. This is an on-site San Diego role requiring an active Secret clearance and up to 10% annual travel.

Own software and vehicle release engineering, including versioning, build artifacts, packaging, staged rollouts, Infrastructure-as-Code, deployment pipelines, rollout monitoring, rollback tooling, and developer workflows. Integrate vehicle software, cloud services, and third-party systems while improving security, reliability, cost efficiency, and production support for maritime robotic fleets.

Develop and maintain full-stack features for an accounting platform using Angular, C#/.NET, SQL Server, RabbitMQ, and HTTP APIs. Collaborate in Agile ceremonies with product owners, analysts, and engineers; conduct code reviews; troubleshoot distributed-system defects; write unit and integration tests; and contribute to scalable, maintainable software and continuous improvement.

Design, build, test, deploy, and support scalable data-intensive applications for real estate analytics. Own software throughout its lifecycle, collaborate on technical designs, uphold engineering best practices, and contribute to architecture and continuous improvement. The role requires modern server-side and front-end development, relational database expertise, source control, testing, operations, and AI-assisted development workflows.

Develop, deploy, and own mission-critical autonomy software for maritime systems. Work across networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics to build, monitor, and troubleshoot deployed solutions, collaborate with customers and multidisciplinary teams, and scale platform capabilities for operational use.

As a Displays Software Engineer, you'll design and build real-time user interface applications for automated aircraft systems, ensuring safety and usability across platforms.

Develop software for communication systems in aviation, focusing on link management, systems integration, and network security across embedded and application layers.

Design and implement user interfaces for autonomous surface vehicles, mentor teammates, and improve software engineering practices within the team.

Develop, integrate, and field autonomy software for expeditionary unmanned aircraft (V-BAT/X-BAT). Own features from software-in-the-loop to live flight tests, collaborate with aircraft and perception teams, lead technical integration, support field deployments and mission testing, and troubleshoot hardware/software issues.

Develop, integrate, and field autonomy software for launched effects platforms, owning features from design through live flight testing. Drive technical execution, collaborate with autonomy, perception, and vendor teams, support system bring-up and field operations, and implement C2 interoperability and deployment processes. Travel to tests and customer exercises to support mission execution and debugging.

Develop, integrate, and field autonomy capabilities for novel platforms (space, maritime, unmanned helicopters). Own end-to-end integration from software- and hardware-in-the-loop to live tests, partner with platform and cross-functional teams, support on-site testing, debug hardware/software issues, document designs, and improve integration and testing processes.

Lead technical strategy and engineering for autonomy on new platforms (space, maritime, contested logistics). Define architecture, guide development and integration, mentor senior engineers, support testing and deployments, resolve complex hardware/software integration issues, and transition R&D into operational programs.