Principal Software Lead Engineer - Embedded Communications (ONSITE)
RTX Corporation3 months ago
Cedar Rapids, IA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$108k - $205k/yr
Responsibilities
- Drive embedded software engineering excellence using C/C++ and Python throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Lead technical proposals and program-level cost estimations during bid and proposal cycles.
- Lead and coordinate software execution for small teams while managing technical quality, cost, and schedule alignment.
- Translate customer requirements into practical, scalable end-to-end system solutions.
- Estimate, track, and communicate program cost, schedule, risk, and earned value performance.
- Identify and mitigate technical and program execution risks.
- Perform product owner duties and manage scope and backlogs.
Requirements
- Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced related degree and at least 5 years of experience.
- Active and transferable Secret security clearance is required before the start date.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.
- Experience with Cost Account Management over a team of engineers.
- Experience with an Integrated Master Schedule for a multi-year program.
- Experience using risk and opportunity frameworks for complex program execution.
- Preferred experience includes multithreaded real-time embedded applications.
- Preferred experience leading proposals and bidding exercises with the SEER parametric estimation tool.
- Preferred experience with Agile development, technical leadership in an Agile team framework, TCP/IP network applications development, UML, and cross-domain solutions.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and optional insurance coverage.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees, plus paid time off and holidays.
- 401(k) employer matching and separate retirement contributions, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
- Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment programs.
- Parental, birth, adoption, fertility, family planning, and adoption assistance benefits.
- Wellness incentives, employee assistance counseling, virtual doctor visits, second-opinion services, and child and elder care services.
- Relocation assistance is available.
- This is a primarily onsite role in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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.