Principal Software Engineer, Onsite
RTX Corporation3 months ago
Marlborough, MA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$108k - $205k/yr
Responsibilities
- Participate on collaborative, cross-disciplinary integrated product teams, often using agile software development techniques.
- Own the full product development lifecycle from architecture and design through integration, testing, and field support.
- Lead a small engineering team.
- Apply high-maturity software engineering processes recognized by the Software Engineering Institute.
- Develop and integrate software for custom hardware, including FPGA interfaces and processor or board architectures.
- Collaborate with other engineering disciplines, program teams, and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Experience across multiple phases of the software development lifecycle.
- Prior experience leading a small engineering team.
- Experience developing software using C++.
- Experience with real-time operating systems, embedded programming, and processor or board architecture and design.
- Working knowledge of Linux, VxWorks, or other real-time operating systems.
- Typically a STEM degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced related degree and at least 5 years of experience.
- An active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance is required before the start date; the required clearance is Secret and must be active on day one.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include UML, object-oriented analysis and design, system engineering artifacts such as Use Cases and SysML diagrams, Scrum, continuous integration, test-driven development, DevOps, Jenkins, automated testing, model-driven development, FPGA interfaces, microservice architectures, containerized applications, Versal and ARM assembly, performance optimization, CORBA, and Python scripting.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching and a separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
- Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment programs.
- Life insurance, disability coverage, and optional pet, home, auto, legal, identity theft, accident, and critical illness coverage.
- Birth, adoption, parental leave, adoption assistance, autism benefits, and fertility and family planning support.
- Employee Assistance Plan with up to 10 free counseling sessions and wellness rewards through Healthy You Incentives.
- Virtual doctor visits, second-opinion services, and child and elder care services.
- Relocation may be available.
- The role is primarily onsite in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
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.