Principal Software Engineer (Cybersecurity | Networking)
RTX Corporation13 days ago
Annapolis Junction, MD, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$118k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Participate in requirements, design, development, integration, testing, and documentation of software applications and systems.
- Design, code, test, integrate, debug, and document software solutions and complex algorithms.
- Develop software for APIs, networking, backend systems, cybersecurity tools, and system-level control and data interfaces.
- Create proof-of-concept use-case scenarios and prototypes from initial ideas.
- Support integration and testing of advanced custom processing systems, testbeds, and software.
- Conduct internal reviews and present briefings to team members, customers, and management.
- Collaborate with project managers and engineering professionals while maintaining software configuration management practices.
- Travel domestically up to 25%.
Requirements
- STEM degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
- At least 8 years of experience developing in C, C++, Python, and/or Rust.
- Experience with system-level integration and testing of advanced custom processing systems, testbeds, and software.
- Experience developing, coding, testing, and debugging complex algorithms.
- Experience working with customers, end users, hardware design teams, and software design teams.
- Experience developing software for APIs, networking, and backend systems.
- Experience creating proof-of-concept use-case scenarios and prototypes.
- Experience implementing cybersecurity tools and/or controls and developing system-level designs and high-level control and data interfaces.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Active and transferable U.S. government-issued TS/SCI clearance required before start; U.S. citizenship required.
- Preferred: C/C++ development in Linux, cybersecurity concepts, network construction and protocols, reverse engineering, complex communications systems, cybersecurity prototypes, and formal requirements and procedure development.
- Preferred: Existing Top Secret clearance with Full Scope Poly active within the last 24 months.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching and separate employer retirement contributions.
- Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment programs.
- Life insurance, disability coverage, parental leave, adoption assistance, and family-planning benefits.
- Optional pet, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, legal, and identity-theft coverages.
- Wellness rewards, virtual doctor visits, counseling, child and elder care, second-opinion services, and other employee assistance programs.
- Eligible for relocation.
- Onsite work in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, with up to 25% domestic travel.
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.