Principal Engineer, Software Engineering
RTX Corporation24 days ago
Cedar Rapids, IA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$136k - $205k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, develop, maintain, and test embedded software for avionics products.
- Support applications including Primary Flight Displays, Maps, Windows Manager, and Video.
- Collaborate on software requirements and design and solve complex software and systems problems.
- Use model-based software development with Simulink and perform testing and verification with Python and harness environments using C/C++.
- Design and implement build procedures supporting hardware and software product development.
- Design, document, test, and control diagnostic systems containing logical and mathematical solutions.
- Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers on electronic data processing systems.
- Analyze end-user needs and system capabilities to resolve program intent, output, and input data problems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field plus at least 8 years of progressive Software Engineer or related experience, or a master's degree or equivalent plus at least 5 years of such experience.
- At least 5 years of experience with RTCA DO-178C certification, DO-330, DO-331, DO-332, FAA SOI, TCR audits, and TSO certification for safety-critical airworthy embedded systems.
- At least 5 years of experience defining and validating system/software requirements, prototyping application architecture, and performing low-level design and development.
- At least 5 years of experience with ARINC communications, including ARINC 429, 661, 664, and 615A.
- At least 5 years of experience with Embedded C programming, debugging, troubleshooting, and hardware-software system integration.
- At least 5 years of experience developing avionics software with Visual Studio, VAPS graphics, Human Machine Interface design, Python, and MATLAB Simulink.
- Non-U.S. persons must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future company immigration sponsorship.
Benefits
- Onsite work in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with some interview steps potentially conducted in person.
- Potential eligibility for medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
- Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs, subject to position, performance, business unit, and collective-bargaining conditions.
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.