Senior Principal Software Engineer/ Secret Required (Onsite)

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Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global spanet.

Secure Mission Solutions (SMS) is seeking an on-site Senior Principal Software Engineer with an active/current DoD Secret security clearance to join a highly accomplished, multi-discipline organization responsible for developing software solutions for RTX products. This position supports the Trusted Mission Processing (TMP) product area within the Mission Systems strategic business unit of Collins Aerospace, an RTX business. TMP provides secured processing platforms and capabilities to both domestic and international customers. This specific position will provide software architecture and expert technical leadership for the Common Open Secure Mission Computing (COSMC) product line software development team.  This will include architectural oversight of new program adaptations as well as ongoing IRAD development.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record developing and augmenting software architectures to meet technical requirements of the product while balancing system level objectives, program costs, and schedule constraints.

What You Will Do

• You will support product area proposal efforts by defining concept architectures and/or derivatives, customizing architecture plans for new programs, and extending existing architectures for new requirements.  

• You must be able to effectively communicate the software architecture approach, constraints, and rationale to varied audiences including multiple levels of management and customers.

• You will oversee the development team(s) for product line architecture implementation, integration, verification, and delivery.

•  You will provide mentoring/coaching to the team by leveraging from your own hands-on experience with developing, enhancing, and delivering robust embedded software solutions to meet open system design objectives and technical performance measures.

• You will have the ability to create an architectural vision and successfully lead a team in its implementation.

•  You will have strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

• You will have strong cross-discipline collaboration skills

• You will have the ability to provide technical mentoring and coaching to software development team

• You will have excellent written, verbal and presentation skills

• You will have the ability to document and effectively communicate approach, constraints, design, and rationale to various audiences.

• You will have the ability to multi-task and work individual development tasks on a part-time basis as needed to help the team meet development goals

Qualifications You Must Have 

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years real-time embedded software development experience

• Strong understanding of Open Standards such as FACE and OMS

• Experience with different processor architectures including Intel, PowerPC, ARM

• Prior experience designing, developing and integrating airborne mission application, infrastructure and test software for a product line of embedded software products

• Experience with a variety of messaging and communication protocols.

• Product Owner experience leading an Agile development team including backlog creation, organization, prioritization, management, capability verification, and overall product performance ownership.

• Red Hat Linux Operating System development experience

• Proficient C++ Object-Oriented development

• Advanced programming (ie, multi-threading, shared memory, device drivers, linked lists, etc.)

• Solid understanding of modern interfaces: Ethernet, PCIe, and other types of network protocols

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued DoD Secret Security Clearance required prior to start date.  Must have the ability to obtain Top Secret and required program SAR clearance. (Desired: Last clearance investigation should be 6 years or less).

• U.S. Citizenship is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S. only data systems, and only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Active/Current Top Secret clearaDevSecOps/DevOps software factory pipelines for Continuous Integration/Deployment

• Virtualization – Virtual Machines, Docker/Containers

• Model Based Systems Engineering (MSBE), Cameo Modeling, SysML/UML

• Familiarity with cyber security techniques, configuration, implementation, and verification.

What We Offer​

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance ​

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees ​

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option

• Tuition reimbursement program ​

• Student Loan Repayment Program ​

• Life insurance and disability coverage  ​

• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection ​

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits ​

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning  ​

• Adoption Assistance           ​

• Autism Benefit  ​

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions  ​

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program ​

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits  ​

• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services ​

• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program  ​

•  And more!  

Learn More & Apply Now!​

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.  ​

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today. ​

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

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This is an Onsite role: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

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At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.  ​

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Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.  

Employee Referral Eligible

The salary range for this role is 118,000 USD - 246,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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