Principal Software Engineer
RTX Corporation10 days ago
Largo, FL, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$108k - $205k/yr
Responsibilities
- Participate in collaborative, cross-disciplinary integrated product teams using software development processes.
- Own the full product development lifecycle from architecture and design through integration, testing, and field support.
- Develop software using C++ for real-time operating systems and embedded systems.
- Work with processor and board architecture and design, including software integration with custom hardware and FPGA interfaces.
- Collaborate with other engineering disciplines, program teams, and external stakeholders.
- Apply software engineering processes, integration practices, automated testing, and performance optimization.
Requirements
- Active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance is required before the start date, with an active Secret clearance required on day one.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.
- Experience across multiple phases of the software development lifecycle and experience developing software in C++.
- Experience with real-time operating systems, embedded programming, and processor or board architecture and design.
- Typically, a STEM degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced related degree and at least 5 years of experience.
- Preferred qualifications include UML, object-oriented analysis and design, SysML, Agile/Scrum processes, Jenkins, automated testing, DevOps, model-driven development, FPGA interfaces, microservice architectures, containerized applications, performance optimization, CORBA, TCP/IP, UDP/IP, client/server architecture, and Python scripting.
Benefits
- Onsite full-time position in Largo, Florida, with relocation eligibility.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, pet, home, auto, legal, identity-theft, critical-illness, and other optional insurance coverage.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees, paid time off, holidays, parental leave, adoption assistance, and family-planning benefits.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching, separate retirement contributions, and a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
- Tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program, and Employee Scholar Program.
- Wellness rewards, virtual doctor visits, second-opinion services, counseling through the Employee Assistance Plan, and child and elder care services.
- Eligible employees may receive annual incentive compensation, subject to applicable program terms and performance factors.
About RTX Corporation
RTX Corporation builds aerospace and defense systems through its Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon businesses, serving commercial aviation, the U.S. government, and allied militaries. Its products range from aircraft engines and avionics to radars, missiles, and command-and-control software, sold via long-term OEM programs and defense contracts. Formed in 2020 by the Raytheon–United Technologies merger, RTX is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and trades on the NYSE as RTX.