**Date Posted:** 2025-08-20 **Country:** United States of America **Location:** AZ201: RMS AP Bldg 801 1151 East Hermans Road Building 801, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA **Position Role Type:** Onsite **U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:** Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance​ **Security Clearance:** DoD Clearance: Secret At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. The Software organization develops software applications, including integration and test on missiles, launchers, radars, naval systems, fire control and other complex systems. Our precision software and firmware integrate operating systems, device drivers, networking, and control software to bring together sensor, guidance, and flight control processing features to complete the mission. The Software org is made up of several Centers located across the country, responsible for all aspects of the software development lifecycle. Our 4000+ software engineers design, develop, and build innovative solutions for our customers. Join our fast-paced agile teams on the leading edge of technology. The Strike Effectors Software department is seeking a **Principal Software Engineer Team Lead** to join our software team responsible for the design, implementation, and test of missile software for our warfighters, with a particular focus on the test phase. The successful candidate will provide technical direction and lead a team of engineers to plan, assign, status, and guide all Agile tasks across the team. . This position is within the Effectors Center of the Software organization, and is an onsite role located at the Airport Site facility in Tucson, AZ. **What You Will Do:** + Communicate and collaborate closely with the IPT Lead, team members, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters for validating requirement coverage using manual and automated test environments, updating documentation, and developing embedded software and integrating on hardware, as needed. + The Team Lead attends technical interchange meetings with the team members and key stakeholders and represents the organization in matters pertaining to the development of projects, provides status on assigned Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) tasks as required, provides document reviews, and resolves technical software engineering and integration issues. + The Team Lead will also manage software integration and qualification activities. + Develop and execute comprehensive test plans for software products. + Analyze test data to identify potential issues with software products. + Validate requirement coverage using automated test environments. + Design, build and test software using industry best practice. + Review the team’s software in peer reviews as part of the development process. + Collaborate with software engineers to resolve issues. + Provide technical support and guidance to team members. + Contribute to continuous improvement within your team. + Communicate and collaborate with team members and senior engineers to produce well understood and repeatable results. + Produce documentation related to software artifacts across the lifecycle including design documents, test procedures, how-to guides, and internal presentations. + Utilize agile software development methods, automation, and continuous integration + Work within an agile environment, report progress and status to leadership within an Agile team. + Active Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. + Ability to obtain program access required. **Qualifications You Must Have:** + Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other STEM related field and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. + Experience across the software development lifecycle in three or more of the following: C++ data structures and algorithms; systems software design; FQT test planning & execution; integration of real-time software/ firmware/ hardware; software test equipment maintenance; software requirements definition, experience on a program with security constraints. + Experience with Linux Operating systems + Experience with automated test scripts and software tools, and software testing and validation + Experience with Agile Software development methods (e.g., Scrum, continuous integration, etc.) including experience using Git/ADS + Experience using analysis tools like MATLAB + Experience using scripting languages (e.g., Perl, Python) + Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date and ability to obtain program access after start. **Qualifications We Prefer** + Prior experience in managing time and resources to meet assigned deadlines. + Prior experience leading a team working multiple configurations of hardware and manage multiple development branches. The ideal candidate will contribute to continuous improvement within the team. + Strong organizational and time management skills + Excellent written and verbal communication skills + Experience working in a multi-disciplined product development team/environment + Highly motivated self-starter, able to work independently, multi-task and follow-through + Demonstrated interpersonal & teamwork skills **What We Offer** + 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. + Relocation Offered Based On Eligibility **Learn More & Apply Now!** Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role: + 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 our products. **Clearance Information:** This position requires a security clearance. **DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS)** , an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm **Location Information:** This position is onsite at our campus in beautiful Tucson, AZ. Tucson has a friendly, caring, and laid-back atmosphere, combined with the innovation and energy of a metropolitan region, and recognized as one of America’s 10 Best Small Cities. Surrounded by beautiful mountains, colorful Sonoran Desert landscape and majestic saguaro cacti, Tucson is blessed with some of nature’s best work. Tucson is known for its bright blue skies, and with more than 310 sunny days per year, Tucson’s fantastic weather lets residents enjoy the outdoors year-round. **Virtual Fly Over City of Tucson & Community, YouTube Video Links** + “Raytheon In Tucson”: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-tucson,-az-location + “Tucson is Awesome”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i65wOwKcNIQ + “Winter in Tucson”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZdKKkF0QkE The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 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 spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance. This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply. RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window. _RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act._ **Privacy Policy and Terms:** Click on this link (http://www.rtx.com/privacy/Job-Applicant-Privacy-Notice) to read the Policy and Terms Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.