Software Engineer II - (Onsite)

RTX•Tucson, AZ

22h•$75,800 - $144,200•Onsite

About The Position

The Hardware in the Loop (HWIL) Department in Tucson, Arizona, designs, builds, and integrates testing environments—flight simulators for missiles—as the last step before flight test. The team works with weapon system designers to understand requirements, design solutions, and integrate and deploy systems that support tactical software development, testing, and delivery. This onsite position is within the Effectors Center of the HWIL organization. The Software Engineer collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to develop software that controls HWIL facilities. The role includes analyzing end-user needs and system capabilities, resolving issues involving program intent, output requirements, and input data acquisition, and ensuring hardware and software standards are met. The engineer designs and implements build procedures supporting hardware and software product development and use, and performs software design, coding, and integration in a real-time environment. The role may also include training software developers in configuration management tools and software quality standards, including control modeling and model-based design.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major by the start date.
Completed academic or internship projects involving real-time operating systems and object-oriented programming.
Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to design, integrate, or troubleshoot complex software test environments.
Experience programming in languages such as Java, C, or C++, and scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or MATLAB for data analysis or automation.
Experience may be obtained through job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
Active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance is required prior to the start date; U.S. citizenship is required to be eligible for a clearance.
Ability to obtain an interim U.S. government-issued security clearance is required prior to the start date.

Nice To Haves

Experience with RF theory and its application in systems.
Experience with electronics design and/or conducting data analysis using tools such as MATLAB.
Experience troubleshooting systems using test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, network analyzers, and/or spectrum analyzers.
Knowledge of networking and IP-addressed equipment.
Experience with systems requirements, systems integration, systems test, systems software, and/or systems hardware.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop software that controls Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) facilities.
Analyze end-user needs and system capabilities to resolve issues involving program intent, output requirements, and input data acquisition.
Ensure hardware and software standards are met.
Design and implement build procedures that support hardware and software product development and use.
Perform software design, coding, and integration in a real-time environment.
May train software developers in configuration management tools and implementation of software quality standards, including control modeling and model-based design.

Benefits

Relocation eligibility
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
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.