Principal Embedded Software Engineer - Radar, Onsite
RTX Corporation1 month ago
El Segundo, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$118k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deliver software builds based on software trouble reports.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing code for performance and efficiency.
- Write and maintain software application documentation, including system architecture and design specifications.
- Analyze, implement, and test system modification requests with multiple engineering disciplines.
- Apply system and software skills to optimization, analysis, resource management, modeling and simulation, kill-chain analysis, tracking software integration, output analysis, and algorithm development.
- Integrate software components into delivered products and communicate plans, status, and issues to teammates and program leadership.
- Contribute to continuous improvement, technical solution development, career growth, and knowledge transfer.
Requirements
- A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience developing, testing, and/or integrating software using C or C++.
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python.
- Experience with software optimization and analysis, system-of-systems resource management, modeling and simulation, kill-chain analysis, tracking software integration, output analysis, and algorithm development.
- An active and transferable U.S. government-issued 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.
- Preferred qualifications include familiarity with platform engineering tools, object-oriented and scripting languages, software design principles, data structures, algorithms, software development lifecycle practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Preferred qualifications include experience integrating software components, working in time-critical environments, contributing to collaborative technical teams, communicating effectively, and facilitating career growth and knowledge transfer.
Benefits
- Total rewards include healthcare, wellness, retirement, work/life benefits, career development, recognition programs, parental leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance, and child/adult backup care.
- Additional potential benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, 401(k) matching, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance, the Employee Scholar Program, paid time off, and holidays.
- This is an onsite role in El Segundo, California, and relocation assistance is available.
- The position is U.S.-based and requires an active security clearance before the start date.
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.