Senior Software Engineer – Embedded (Onsite)
About The Position
RTX is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Embedded to join the Electro-Optical & Infrared (EO/IR) Solutions Engineering Team in McKinney, Texas, within the Advanced Products & Solutions organization. The role develops and implements software for real-time applications supporting new and legacy military and commercial programs. Work spans the software development life cycle, from concept and requirements through design, development, integration, testing, and potentially maintenance. The position is onsite in McKinney, with local residency or relocation required, and includes occasional business travel of up to 5–10%. The role requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required. The posting also states that an active and existing Secret clearance is required after day one. The team designs, develops, and tests product capabilities across areas including AESA radars, integrated sensor suites, precision targeting, multispectral EO/IR targeting systems, pilot situational awareness, special mission aircraft, and strategic and tactical ISR systems. The engineer works as part of a multidisciplinary team and collaborates closely with Systems Engineers to create solutions informed by end-user and operational needs.
Requirements
- Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 5 years of prior relevant engineering experience; an advanced degree in a related field may substitute for 2 additional years of experience.
- Software development experience on Linux, VxWorks, or other real-time operating systems.
- Experience applying object-oriented programming and C++ design paradigms.
- Experience coding in C, C#, Java, or closely related software languages.
- Experience developing, testing, and integrating real-time software applications written in C++.
- Experience with a computer scripting language such as Shell, Perl, or Python.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- Onsite work in McKinney, Texas; local residency or relocation is required.
- Occasional business-related travel of up to 5–10%.
- Active and existing Secret security clearance required after day one, as stated in the posting.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in lab environments with physical hardware, such as test benches or simulators.
- Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
- Experience with product development using Scrum techniques in an Agile software development process.
- Experience implementing and using DevSecOps pipelines, including static code analysis, automated builds, automated tests, CI/CD, and a test-driven development approach.
- Hands-on Git version-control experience and GitLab repository-management experience.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience developing in CUDA to accelerate compute-intensive workloads on Nvidia GPUs.
- Active and transferable U.S. government-issued Secret security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Support all aspects of the software development life cycle as a member of a multidisciplinary team, including concept, requirements, design, development, integration, testing, and potentially maintenance.
- Support new and legacy military and commercial programs.
- Develop and implement software for real-time applications.
- Develop, test, and integrate real-time software applications written in C++.
- Use and provide creative solutions to complex technical system and software integration problems.
- Work closely with Systems Engineers to design solutions that account for end-user and operational needs.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 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
- Holidays
- Relocation may be offered based on eligibility
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage; payments are not guaranteed
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
