Principal Software Engineer – Front-end Developer

RTX • San Jose, CA

2d • $118,300 - $224,900 • Onsite

About The Position

Applied Signal Technology (AST), managed by Collins Aerospace, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer specializing in front-end development to help create complex, innovative, and mission-critical signals intelligence solutions. AST develops strategic and tactical SIGINT solutions, including capabilities in broadband communications, signal processing and analysis, tactical SIGINT, and wireless communications. The role contributes to requirements definition, design, development, and testing of software, including new features and enhancements to existing applications and systems. It collaborates with project managers, engineers, and cross-functional teams, follows development practices that support configuration management and maintainability, and helps improve the Engineering software development environment, including DevOps practices, tools, and workflows.

This is an onsite position at the San Jose, California location, with up to 25% domestic travel to other AST sites and customer locations. An active and existing TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required after day one; U.S. citizenship is required. The posted salary range is $118,300–$224,900. Eligible applicants may also qualify for relocation assistance and incentive compensation.

Requirements

• Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Extensive experience developing with modern programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++ in a Linux environment.
• Strong experience building complex web applications with Angular and related technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, DevExtreme, Cytoscape, and Leaflet.
• Working knowledge and proficiency integrating with back-end server-side technologies, including application servers and databases such as Neo4j, PostgreSQL, and InfluxDB, and RESTful or similar web services.
• Proficiency with common data formats such as JSON and XML.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Active and existing TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph required after day one.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with microservices architecture, distributed systems, containerized deployments, and modern cloud technologies.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies, DevOps practices, and test automation frameworks or tools.
• Proficiency with one or more scripting languages, such as Python, JavaScript, Bash, or Perl.
• Experience using configuration management and defect-tracking tools such as Git and JIRA.
• Experience maintaining and working with complex build processes such as Makefiles and CMake.
• Working knowledge of telecommunications systems concepts, computer network models, and protocol suites such as OSI, SS7, TCP/IP, and UMTS, including routing protocols such as EIGRP, IS-IS, OSPF, and BGP.
• Familiarity with telecommunications network infrastructure such as routers and switches, and with network reconnaissance tools and techniques.
• Active and transferable U.S. government-issued TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to software requirements definition, design, development, and testing.
• Develop new software features and enhance existing applications and systems.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver software capabilities.
• Follow established development practices and processes to support configuration management and software maintainability.
• Support continual improvement of the Engineering software development environment, including DevOps practices, tools, and workflows.
• Travel domestically, up to 25%, to other AST sites and customer locations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• 401(k) plan with employer matching and a separate employer retirement contribution
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional pet, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity theft protection coverages
• Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
• Fertility and family planning support
• Adoption assistance
• Autism benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Wellness rewards program
• Virtual doctor visits
• Child and elder care services
• Second opinion medical expert program
• Relocation eligibility
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid time off and holidays
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, depending on position level and other factors

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal