Principal Software Engineer - Advanced Radar Systems, Onsite
RTX Corporation23 hours ago
El Segundo, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$118k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop real-time software for radar mode-independent functions and capabilities.
- Design, code, integrate, test, troubleshoot, and maintain software within large software and system baselines.
- Contribute to software requirements, architecture, lifecycle activities, customer deliverables, and program milestones.
- Perform software and hardware integration, regression testing, code reviews, and unit testing.
- Support technical decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, customer meetings, and resolution of field problems.
- Help modernize legacy embedded firmware from single-threaded main-loop designs to FreeRTOS-based multitasking architectures.
- Support technical, cost, schedule, quality, and performance objectives.
Requirements
- A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics and at least 8 years of relevant software development experience.
- Required experience developing radar software using C, C++, or related languages and tools.
- Experience with UNIX, VxWorks, Windows, or FreeRTOS.
- Experience designing, coding, integrating, and testing software in large software and system baselines.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum and highly collaborative, multidisciplinary environments.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- An active Secret clearance is preferred.
- Preferred experience includes full software development lifecycle ownership, radar applications, airborne sensors, embedded firmware modernization, customer support, and rapid customized firmware integration.
- Preferred experience includes In-Circuit Emulators, debuggers, simulators, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, Git, Bitbucket, and MPLAB X.
Benefits
- Healthcare, wellness, retirement, 401(k) matching, insurance, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance, and work/life benefits.
- Parental leave, paid time off, holidays, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance, Employee Scholar Program, and backup care.
- Relocation assistance is available.
- This is a full-time onsite role at the El Segundo, California campus and may require in-person interview steps.
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.