Principal Software Engineer, Embedded, Onsite

Principal Software Engineer – Electronic Warfare

Location:

6380 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA (ON SITE)

Security Clearance: U.S. Citizen with an active Secret clearance required.

• Provide technical leadership and collaborate with cross‑disciplinary integrated product teams, using agile development practices.
• Plan, specify, design, test, and integrate complex software and systems solutions for electronic warfare products.
• Drive invention and innovation of new products and technologies from architecture and design through integration, lab, and field testing.
• Develop software and FPGA level interface requirements derived from system‑level specifications, perform simulations, analysis, and laboratory testing.
• Work in an advanced product development environment with systems, firmware, electrical, and software engineers.
• Root‑cause issues and develop creative resolutions in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Travel for business as required.

• Degree in STEM and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in software design, development, integration, and testing using C/C++.
• Experience with embedded microprocessors, SoC software design, FPGAs, high‑speed transceivers, DDR, flash memories, block diagrams, signal analysis, and signal generation.
• Experience developing real‑time applications on embedded platforms – bare‑metal (no‑OS), embedded Linux, or Windows.
• Capacity to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. government issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

• Existing Secret security clearance.
• Knowledge of Electronic Warfare, Electronic Attack/Electronic Support, Radar, or Secure Communications technologies.
• Experience with .NET C#, WPF, and MVVM.
• Tool familiarity:
  Visual Studio, Vitis, Tortoise
  
  SVN, Jenkins, Jira, Collaborator.
• Dev Sec Ops  experience with pipeline toolsets.
• Lab experience with logic analyzers, high‑speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, and SoC debugging tools.
• Experience with bus and interface standards such as VME, PCI, PCIe, VPX, or Gb Ethernet.
• Experience across all software lifecycle phases (architecture, requirements analysis, design, implementation, verification, integration, maintenance).
• Exposure to Radar technology, machine languages, and machine learning.
• Experience in Agile development processes.

• Competitive salary range: $118,300 – $224,900 USD.
• Comprehensive healthcare, wellness, and retirement benefits.
• Paid time off, holidays, and flexible work schedules.
• Career development and recognition programs.
• Relocation assistance available.
• Employee assistance program and employee scholar program.
• Childcare and parental leave benefits.
• 401(k) match and flexible spending accounts.
• Eligibility for incentive compensation programs based on performance.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class. RTX provides affirmative action for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section
503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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