Sr Pr Software Engineer - Apnt (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-03-08

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Have you ever been traveling in an unknown area and lost your GPS signal leaving you stranded? It makes you realize just how important it is to have reliable navigation tools. Here at Collins Aerospace our Assured PNT group is helping prevent that very situation for our warfighters in hostile territory.

The Mission Systems Assured PNT department is looking for a Senior Principal Software Engineer that requires strong software engineering skills that will be used to develop innovative products and solutions to complex systems. Our team needs engineers interested in architecting, designing, and developing software for real-time embedded navigation and timing solutions for military ground, airborne, and maritime applications.

This position offers abundant opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of Assured PNT systems architecture, and to apply that knowledge in a team effort to develop our navigation products for the warfighter.

Collins Aerospace continues to build on a strong history of providing navigation equipment to meet the evolving needs of commercial and military users. Our navigation solutions provide enhanced situational awareness and pinpoint accuracy for airborne and surface missions worldwide allowing users of our equipment to complete their mission and return home safe

Job Responsibilities

As a part of this team, you will have responsibilities spanning all phases of the software engineering life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, code development, integration, verification, and documentation. Assignments may include tasks such as developing software tools, supporting field demonstration efforts, providing customer support, and mentoring other engineers. The successful applicant should be knowledgeable and skilled with a variety of development and test tools as well as proficient in the development of embedded hardware/software applications.

Basic Qualifications

Must Have Requirements:

• US Citizenship

• Ability to obtain a DoD Security Clearance

• Applicant must have a STEM degree in an applicable engineering or science field.

The successful candidate should be experienced in the following general skills:

• High motivation to solve problems and continuously improve existing products

• Desire to contribute to a results-oriented product development team

• Solid understanding of software development processes for real-time embedded hardware/software

applications

• Strong verbal and written technical communication skills

• Ability to work well with a diverse team

• A genuine desire to learn and innovate

In addition to the general skills listed, the ideal candidate will bring experience from the following specific technologies and engineering tools:

• Software requirements and architectural skills with functional decomposition, subsystem interface definition, technology application, and analysis.

• Strong writing skills necessary to produce documentation required for security certification evaluation.

• Experience with embedded hardware and real time hardware systems.

• Experience with Eclipse, Jira, and Jama.

• Experience with Ada, C, C++, Java or other high-order languages in an embedded application environment and experience with hardware centric products.

• Experience with Python test scripting.

• Experience with the AGILE methodology of development

• A working knowledge of Communication Systems, Message Handling, Digital Signal Processing, or Kalman Filter Theory.

• Experience mentoring more junior engineers.

• Experience with architectural roadmaps.

At Collins Aerospace, we believe a solid work-life balance creates a healthy lifestyle and inspires creativity and innovation. We value our people and invest in their development, growth and success at our company by providing development opportunities through Collins Aerospace University, networking, mentoring, and tuition reimbursement.

And that's just for starters.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

Company-paid winter holiday shutdown for most locations

Generous 401(k) plan that matches 60 percent of the first 6 percent of eligible compensation you contribute

Tuition reimbursement

And more

Interested yet? Apply now and embark on your next worthwhile adventure!

Collins Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status.

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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