Embedded Technologies Senior Section Manager

RTX (Raytheon); Marlborough (MA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation based on eligibility

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Software Engineering Leader for the Receiver Exciter and Processing Architecture (REPA) Department. The Senior Section Manager will oversee embedded real-time software engineering and DSP efforts, guiding design, test, and integration across multiple teams to deliver radar software on schedule.

Responsibilities include mentoring, hiring support, performance discussions, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with hardware, firmware, software, and systems teams.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience.
• Experience with C++ application development on real-time operating systems.
• Experience with leading a team.
• Experience with software design processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage a section of 15 to 20 software development engineers.
• Provide career and technical mentoring.
• Support hiring (resume reviews, interviews, etc.).
• Responsible for employee performance impact discussion.
• Resource and staff assignment planning.
• Mentor and develop junior staff.
• Modeling and driving Raytheon values and behaviors.
• Communicate organizational goals and other pertinent information through monthly team meetings.

Skills

C++ real-time

Leadership

Embedded systems

Software design

RTOS

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Advanced degree (MS/PhD) optional

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Google Test

CMake

Job description

Date Posted:
2026-10-12

Country:
United States of America

Location:
US-MA-MARLBOROUGH-MA2 ~ 1001 Boston Post Rd ~ BLDG 2

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 Type:
Secret - Current

Security Clearance Status:
Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

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.

The Receiver Exciter and Processing Architecture (REPA) Department is seeking a software engineering leader with experience in engineering management, design, test, and integration. The Senior Section Manager will utilize advanced technical knowledge in Embedded Software Engineering and Digital Signal Processing Technology and understand the impact of this work on other areas of the organization. The candidate should demonstrate organizational, leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.

Section Leader Responsibilities to Anticipate :

• Manage a section of 15 to 20 software development engineers.
• Provide career and technical mentoring.
• Support hiring (resume reviews, interviews, etc.).
• Responsible for employee performance impact discussion.
• Resource and staff assignment planning.
• Mentor and develop junior staff.
• Modeling and driving Raytheon values and behaviors.
• Communicate organizational goals and other pertinent information through monthly team meetings.

Engineering Responsibilities to Anticipate :

• Support Embedded real-time and Digital Signal Processing technologies.
• Working with Hardware and Firmware Engineering to efficiently develop and test Receiver, Exciter and Beam Steering Generator subsystems.
• Working with Software and Systems Engineering to efficiently implement and test software requirements.
• Participate in and host code reviews.
• Demonstrate technical aptitude in real time software, digital signal processing, software development, and integration and test of radar software.
• Lead functional and cross-disciplinary teams to meet organizational goals and project needs.

Qualifications You Must Have :

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience.
• Experience with C++ application development on real-time operating systems.
• Experience with leading a team.
• Experience with software design processes.

Qualifications We Prefer :

• Radar domain experience.
• Experience with embedded operating systems such as Yocto Linux or VxWorks.
• Working understanding of parallelism and concurrency as applied to algorithm implementation on shared memory and distributed systems.
• Direct experience implementing real time software in C++ meeting latency and throughput performance requirements or experience in implementing complex control operations in software with defined performance timelines.
• Experience in Software Tools: Git, Jenkins, Google Test, CMake.
• Continuous integration and test experience in a hardware/software laboratory environment.
• Development of technical proposals, engineering project estimates, and/or white papers.
• Experience creating and presenting professional level design documentation to company leadership and program customers.
• Experience with manpower planning, staffing and Earned Value Management Systems.

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.

• This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

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 cl