Principal Software & Integration Engineer - Burnsville, MN

RTX•Eagan, MN

21d•Onsite

About The Position

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Principal Software & Integration Engineer to join our Electro-Optics (EO) department. Responsibilities will include requirements decomposition, detailed software and algorithm design, development, analysis, and prototype test in support of the EO and RF Sensors or Sensing Systems. The multi-disciplined department includes engineers that may be responsible for the following: Designing, modeling/analyzing, and verifying components within a seeker/sensor system across a range of host vehicle environments. Relaying critical interface and performance requirements to customers and suppliers and verifying requirements are met. Utilize many different engineering discipline skills to design, test, verify performance and troubleshoot, as hardware is built up into the subsystem and in some cases the next higher assembly. Our sensor assemblies are installed on host vehicles with a range of challenging environments including UAS’s, maritime applications, gun and missile launched projectiles, and low earth orbit platforms. This position will be onsite at our Burnsville, MN location

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 7 years of Electro-Optical and RF subsystems experience.
Design experience with gun launched applications, UAS, low earth orbit, or similar challenging environments.
Experience in leading software development and managing complex projects through a research and development environment with undefined and changing requirements.
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Ability to work in quick-turn iterative nature.
Excellent documentation, verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and creatively.
Comfortable working across design levels of maturity from a white board concept, prototype design and the transition to production.
ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
3.0 cumulative GPA desired.
Ability to develop and present technical briefings.
Current/Active DoD security clearance or SSBI.
Subject matter expertise with industry impact.
Experience with real-time embedded systems and software development for aerospace and defense applications.
Experience with machine learning, bare metal, neural nets or artificial intelligence.
Object identification, recognition and tracking algorithms.
Experience developing virtual algorithm test environments.
Experience in troubleshooting investigations and corrective action processes.
Experience with test equipment, test automation scripting, test conduction, and sensor control.
Experience with hardware/software integration.
Seeker design or sensor systems integration and test experience or coursework in EO and RF applications.
Direct experience with RF or EO design, integration with GPS, IMUs or Systems in a Package (SIP), lab, test and/or production support.
Knowledge and experience in optical and RF design, analysis, and testing.
Class projects, professional internships, or academic research demonstrating the ability to apply technical coursework or computer software skills.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) major.

Responsibilities

Participate as Individual Contributor supporting program activities, delegate, provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
Collaborate with subject matter experts across our matrixed organization to define software architecture and ensure seamless integration with new and innovative hardware solutions.
Implement best practices for code quality, including code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines.
Identify and resolve technical challenges and issues, ensuring the robustness and reliability of software solutions.
Ensure software development processes and products comply with industry standards, security protocols, and regulatory requirements.
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, applying this knowledge to drive innovation and improve software development practices.
Work closely with firmware, software, algorithm, and hardware engineers to create a tightly integrated EO, active and passive RF sensing systems solution.
Van and field testing of prototype hardware to assess performance.
Perform requirements development, requirement validation, and subsystem trade studies.
Work on a cross functional engineering team to troubleshoot and provide root cause and corrective action to design and process issues.
Troubleshoot hardware and process issues down to CCA and component levels in a lab setting.
Failure analysis / root cause determination and corrective action implementation.