Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RTX, through Collins Aerospace, develops advanced aerospace and defense solutions. The Principal Software Project Engineer will lead software projects for avionics display products, providing project management and technical direction across program phases. The role also involves ensuring technical and certification compliance, driving software engineering best practices, and coaching engineers.
Responsibilities
- Lead Projects: You will serve as the software project engineer, supplying project management and technical direction during all program phases including pursuit, bidding, planning, execution, and sustainment. You will lead a wide range of entry-level to highly experienced engineers
- Communicate Effectively: You will communicate technical progress, risks, opportunities, financial data, and other project management information clearly and concisely
- Ensure Consistency: You will ensure consistency with Collins Aerospace technical engineering processes
- Ensure Compliance: You will help define development plans, ensure compliance with DO-178 and other certification requirements, and lead certification efforts through audits
- Drive Best Practices: You will drive best practices to software teams and execution of software projects
- Provide Guidance: You will provide guidance and coaching to engineers looking to grow as a lead, CAM, or PE
Skills
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience **or** an Advanced Degree in a related field
- Demonstrated ability to lead software development teams and work effectively with others
- Experience managing technical projects including schedule, earned value management, and risk management
- Demonstrated the ability to drive changes and best practices to peers
- Demonstrated success as a leader, including strong communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills, including the ability to think critically and understand the impact of decisions beyond the boundaries of the immediate problem
- Experience with Avionics regulatory and certification requirements and processes such as TSO, MIL-STD, DO-160, DO-254, DO-178B/C, DO-297, and APR4754A
- Embedded C++ or platform-level software experience
- RTOS experience
- Experience using tools to manage engineering life-cycle data, such as DOORS, PREP, JIRA, and Confluence
Benefits
- 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
- Carrot Health to hormonal health, fertility, and family building
- 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
- Remote work primarily offsite from home
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee Scholar Program
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- 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
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