Senior Software Engineer – Tooling, Automation, and Verification Infrastructure
RTX Corporation13 days ago
Base Salary
$87k - $165k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain engineering tools and automation scripts for embedded software, systems workflows, hardware integration, and verification.
- Extract, transform, and correlate data from Git, Subversion, Jama, and Jira.
- Automate documentation and certification artifact generation supporting DO-178C traceability and reporting.
- Maintain Linux- and container-based tooling environments.
- Contribute to GitLab CI/CD pipelines and integrate third-party tools and test frameworks.
- Support Make, CMake, and similar build workflows and improve automated build and test reliability.
- Develop digital test harnesses and verification tools for simulator, virtual-target, and hardware-adjacent environments.
- Automate test orchestration, data collection, metrics, and reporting, including integrations with MongoDB and Grafana.
- Support DO-178C objectives and DO-330-aligned tool assurance activities.
- Create documentation, provide user support and training, and collaborate across engineering disciplines on tooling workflows.
Requirements
- Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an advanced related degree and at least 3 years of experience.
- Experience developing engineering tools or automation with Python and working knowledge of C and C++.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems, preferably GitLab, and Linux-based development.
- Proficiency with Git or Subversion and experience with Jama and Jira.
- Experience with build, test, and data systems such as Make/CMake, MongoDB, and Grafana.
- Preferred experience includes embedded or avionics platform software, low-level or hardware-adjacent workflows, DO-178C safety-critical development, and DO-330 tool qualification concepts.
- Preferred experience includes digital verification harnesses, test automation, simulator-based tooling, Docker or Podman, reproducible builds, traceability and dashboard automation, and regulated engineering environments.
Benefits
- The position is onsite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with select interview steps potentially requiring in-person attendance at an RTX office.
- Eligible benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- 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.
- Eligible employees may receive annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, subject to position and performance factors.
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.