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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Principal Software Engineer - **Company:** BAE Systems - **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $132,962.0 - $226,035.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Agile Methodology, Confluence, JIRA, IBM Rational ClearCase, CompTIA Security+, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Linux, Software Engineering, Git, Information Technology, Bitbucket - **Published:** July 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/5479228A7B754AC796587407FA8155DF/job/ ## About the Role * Must hold an active DoD Secret level security clearance * Bachelor s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, and minimum of 8 years work experience or equivalent experience * Background in embedded and/or application software development in C * Software development experience in a Linux environment * Software engineering processes, methodologies, and tools * Software testing, validation, and verification activities * Demonstrated ability to develop, lead, and motivate technical teams Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills * Active CompTIA Security Certification * Agile development experience * Real-time embedded programming * Git, Jira, Confluence, Clearcase, Bit Bucket * Continuous Integration Tools ## Description Would you like to realize your potential at an innovative company and be part of a cause greater than yourself? Then help us protect those that protect us by joining the Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions (CEMA) group in New Hampshire where you ll work with a diverse group of professionals who design the products and systems that support enhanced military capabilities, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure. With us, you ll be able to make an impact while you hone your skills and grow in your career. We are seeking talented and driven, Senior Principal level Software Engineers to help us create the world's most advanced solutions in areas such as Electronic Warfare, Secure Communications and Networking, Radar Warning and Electronic Attack for our defense related customers. Our products provide critical mission capabilities to address the ever-evolving challenges and threats to our nation s security and the war fighter. In this role you will be an integrated team member, with leadership opportunities, collaborating with Systems, Hardware, and Test engineers in one or more of the phases of Project Planning, Requirements Development, Design, Development, Integration and Testing. You will prepare design and project artifacts intended to be used within complex programs or across sets of programs in accordance with established processes. We will provide you opportunities to learn, leverage our current technologies, incorporate new technologies, and be a leader in our engineering organization., Provide technical leadership and mentoring to an engineering team if needed * Present the technical design at technical interchange meetings with the customer. * Analyze, design, implement and perform code modification (typically in C ) of complex software designs for simple systems or subsystems or subsystems of larger systems. * Evaluate complex software designs to identify design flaws. * Establish communication to keep management informed of the function s progress and results. * Use existing processes and evolve processes to utilize the most effective new techniques as they become available, assuring the use of methodologies which minimize both design cost and product cost. * 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. * Ensure effective communication among engineers, management and all other participants in the architecture and design process. ## Related Videos - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [ Secure Code Superstars: Empowering Developers and Surpassing Security Challenges Together](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/422-secure-code-superstars-empowering-developers-and-surpassing-security-challenges-together) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) ## Related Articles - [The Ultimate Software Engineer Career Path Guide for 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/146-the-ultimate-software-engineer-career-path-guide-for-2023) - [What Jobs Can You Get with a Software Engineering Degree?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/398-what-jobs-can-you-get-with-a-software-engineering-degree) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Software Engineer Career: Things You Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/143-software-engineer-career-things-you-should-know) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers)