Senior Principal Embedded Software Engineer
RTX · el segundo, CA
$145,600–$276,800from the description
Jul 12, 2026
el segundo, CA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · 10+ years · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $164,459 (middle half $130,334–$195,752). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
An active Secret clearance is required from day 1 — candidates must already hold one, not merely be able to obtain one.
The posting lists both C and C++ as the development languages; they are emitted as a single skill with C++ as an alternative since the JD presents them together as the primary language pair.
x86 and ARM architectures are listed under 'Qualifications We Value' (preferred) as interchangeable architecture knowledge; emitted as one preferred skill with ARM as an alternative.
The salary range ($145,600–$276,800/year) is described as covering 'all experience levels,' so it spans a wide band and should not be interpreted as a narrow market rate for this specific role.
The job title is not explicitly stated in the posting; the role is described as an embedded software engineer within the Software Security Sensors and Effectors Department at Raytheon/RTX.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): embedded software development, bare-metal software development.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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