
Software Requirements Principle Engineer
Nashua, NHFull-time$118–201K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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BAE Systems seeks a Senior Principal Level Software Engineer to develop software requirements for defense programs involving capabilities such as SIGINT, aircraft protection, radar warning, and electronic attack. The engineer collaborates with systems, hardware, and test teams across project phases, prepares program documentation, and may take on leadership opportunities. The role focuses on requirements development, traceability, verification planning, and organizing software requirements into test cases.
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Job Description
We are looking for talented Senior Principal Level Software engineers to help us create the world s most advanced solutions in the area such as Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Aircraft Protection, 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.
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.
Job Responsibilities:
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Work with the S/W Lead or SW Manager to devise the customer or SSS requirements allocated to S/W.
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Work with S/W Leadership to determine the number of SRS documents or DOORS modules that are required.
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Determine S/W tools to use to capture requirements, test and design material with S/W Leadership.
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Develop S/W requirements using legacy SRS documents and reviewing applicable ICDs or IDDs.
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Review any related System SDARS or ADDs for additional requirement information.
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Trace new S/W requirements to SSS, review with S/W team.
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Work with S/W leadership to tie S/W design (applications and algorithms) to S/W requirements.
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Provide verification method (Demonstration, Test, Inspection or Analysis) for each S/W requirement.
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Group S/W requirements into S/W test cases for review with S/W Leadership.
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Plan each stage likely as JIRA stories.
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Work independently while working with Stakeholders and SMEs
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
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Secret Security Clearance (active within the past two years)
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High-level language proficiency in C
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Foundation in Object-Oriented design and implementation principles
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Experience with software and systems engineering processes, methodologies, and tools
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Experience in Automated Testing
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Experience with Software Development Lifecycle
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
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Experience in the SW Design experience
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Background in embedded and/or software development
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Familiar with reviewing ICDs,
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Familiar with EW and CM
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Familiar with Atlassian Tools and DOORs
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Experience collaborating with FW/HW/Systems/SW
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $118095 - $200762
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
Software Requirements Principle Engineer
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How this job compares
Set against the 41,744 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$118–201K/yr
- New Hampshire median$115–210K/yr269 salary ranges
- US median$135–219K/yr33,241 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $159K, is close to the New Hampshire median midpoint ($159K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in New Hampshire.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 303 open Software Engineer jobs in New Hampshire and 41,744 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Hampshire
- BAE Systems (this employer)76 open
- Oracle75 open
- Meta28 open
- Experience
- Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (34,145 postings).
- Education
- 13,036 of the 41,744 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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