Principal Platform Software Engineer
RTX Corporation2 months ago
Woburn, MA, USA or Tewksbury, MA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$108k - $205k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the design, development, maintenance, and modernization of platform architectures supporting radar and Command and Control systems.
- Architect and manage secure automated build, test, and release processes using platform tools, pipelines, and DevSecOps workflows.
- Collaborate with software developers, system engineers, and test teams to integrate application software into system platforms.
- Optimize platform performance, reliability, scalability, monitoring, and automation for defense programs.
- Maintain secure computing environments according to cybersecurity best practices and compliance standards.
- Lead system-level integration, troubleshooting, and debugging during development, testing, and operational phases.
- Use Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes to improve platform automation and monitoring.
- Provide technical leadership in Scrum/Kanban planning and execution, design reviews, customer meetings, and technical boards.
- Establish platform engineering standards, increase Infrastructure-as-Code adoption and automation coverage, and mentor engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant experience.
- Expertise in Linux platform engineering and administration.
- Experience architecting or leading mission-critical platform and DevSecOps environments for real-time systems.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and virtualization tools such as VMware or KVM.
- Experience with Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell scripting and automation.
- Experience with CI/CD systems and secure build and deployment architectures.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance before the start date; U.S. citizenship is required.
- Preferred experience includes network configuration and troubleshooting, large-scale real-time or radar systems, Grafana, JIRA, Confluence, performance tuning, high-availability systems, distributed architectures, and high-performance computing.
- Preferred candidates have experience leading teams or mentoring engineers and demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and continuous-learning skills.
Benefits
- Onsite work in Woburn or Tewksbury, Massachusetts, with possible in-person interview steps.
- Eligible benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) matching, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance, the Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
- Eligible employees may receive annual short- and/or long-term incentive compensation, subject to program and performance 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.