An opportunity exists for a COOP Software Engineer within the Missile Defense Radar Software Department in Woburn, Massachusetts. The Missile Defense Radar Software Department’s mission is to provide world-class Missile Defense Radar Software to be used in radar systems deployed on land and sea. Our software teams employ an AGILE Scrum process to rapidly design, code and integrate capabilities on a continuous basis into a mature solution for our customers. We strive for technical excellence by drawing upon a diverse workforce whose knowledge base covers the complete spectrum of modern computing languages and platforms.

The position requires software development, integration, and testing of real-time radar software. The candidate will be responsible for implementing, debugging and fixing problems within the Radar software applications, as well as supporting integration efforts. Our radar software applications are developed using Ada and C++ programming languages running on a variety of computing platforms running Linux or UNIX operating systems.

The candidate will be expected to understand software design and development concepts and be able to code in a higher order language such as C++ or Java.

Required Skills:

• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Strong problem solving ability
• Experience with C++ or Java
• Linux or UNIX experience
• Enrolled in BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or Software Engineering

Desired Skills:

• Real-time software development experience
• OOD & UML experience
• ClearCase or equivalent configuration management tool experience
• Experience in an Agile/SCRUM development
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working in a team environment

Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. Founded in 1922, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, capabilities in C5I (command, control, communications, computing, cyber and intelligence), sensing, effects and mission support services.