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# Senior Principal Software Engineer (Sign On Bonus...

- **Company:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** Nashua, NH, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $132,962.0 - $226,035.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Linux, Software Engineering, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gloo24

## About the Role

+ Bachelors degree in a STEM related field and 6 years of relevant professional experience

 + Experience leading software development teams

 + Experience with CAM/Earned Value

 + Extensive background in software development in C

 + Software development experience in a Linux environment

 + Experience with software and systems engineering processes, methodologies, and tools

 + DoD Secret or higher level clearance (active within the past two years)

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

 + Real-time embedded development

 + Working knowledge of military systems and designs

 + Master's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

 + Ability to develop, lead, and motivate technical teams

 + Motivated individual with strong problem-solving abilities

 + Effective communication skills (both verbal and written)

## Description

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 documentation 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.

We put our customers first exemplified by our mission: We Protect Those Who Protect Us.

Opportunities are available as a technical lead on the program where you will mentor your team and present the technical design at technical interchange meetings with the customer.

Duties include analyzing, designing, coding and 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.


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