Principal Software Engineer, Onsite
RTX Corporation1 month ago
Cedar Rapids, IA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$108k - $205k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect embedded software and communication products.
- Lead large, complex, multithreaded embedded software efforts using C, C++, and Rust.
- Own requirements, implementation, test development, deployment, and certification activities across the software lifecycle.
- Lead initiatives and teams while aligning work with program goals and customer requirements.
- Manage cost, schedule, technical performance, risks, and Earned Value Management reporting.
- Serve as an Agile Product Owner by defining and prioritizing the product backlog and collaborating with stakeholders and development teams.
- Develop proposals and bids, including technical solutions, cost estimates, schedules, and documentation.
- Create and maintain detailed project schedules covering milestones, dependencies, resources, and risks.
Requirements
- Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced related degree and at least 5 years of experience.
- Proven experience across the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
- Hands-on Agile development and Product Owner experience, including backlog prioritization and stakeholder collaboration.
- Experience developing proposals and bids with technical solutions, cost estimates, and schedules.
- Ability and willingness to obtain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- Preferred qualifications include Rust, C++, or C experience; at least 5 years of embedded software and multithreading experience; Cost Account Management, Earned Value Management, and risk management experience; Git or other version-control experience; networking and communications protocol knowledge; and detailed schedule-planning expertise.
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, student loan repayment, life insurance, disability coverage, and optional insurance programs.
- Parental, adoption, fertility, family-planning, and adoption-assistance benefits.
- Employee assistance services, wellness rewards, virtual doctor visits, second-opinion services, and child and elder care services.
- Relocation may be available.
- This is a primarily onsite role in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; the position is U.S.-based and requires an active and existing Secret DoD clearance after day one.
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.