Senior Program Protection Engineer; Software Engineer

Overview

Software Product Assurance Center’s Software Security Sensors and Effectors Department is seeking a highly skilled senior embedded software engineer to join our software team. The role involves employing Agile development techniques on embedded targets to continuously develop and deploy critical capabilities to the warfighter, ensuring overall system integrity and supporting design concepts and system architecture documentation.

• Design, develop, integrate, and test real‑time embedded solutions, including software and firmware for application software.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to support generation of design concepts and system architectural documentation.
• Decompose architecture documentation to generate and support requirements for software development activities.
• Participate in Technical Integration Meetings with subcontractors to ensure selected hardware meets hardware and software requirements.
• Apply embedded principles to design and develop hardened software applications.
• Maintain consistency across teams and mitigate impediments.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics and a minimum of 5 years of experience.
• Experience in an Agile and Dev Sec Ops  environment developing and maintaining software on embedded processors/microcontrollers.
• Experience working in a Linux environment and modifying/maintaining Linux Kernel root file system.
• Experience developing multithreaded applications.
• Experience building and maintaining a CMake‑based code base with Google Test.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

• Proficiency with RTOS Systems, Linux device drivers, and/or embedded Linux.
• Experience developing and troubleshooting on embedded targets.
• Experience designing, implementing, testing, or deploying real‑time embedded software solutions.
• Willingness to learn new techniques and apply critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Knowledge of modern computer architectures (x86, ARM) and hardware technologies including FPGAs.
• Working knowledge of Linux Kernel development and device drivers, and bare‑metal software development.
• Experience with Git, Subversion, and other version control systems.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines to debug system and board level issues.

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short‑term and long‑term disability coverage.
• 401(k) match and flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, and Employee Scholar Program.
• Parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Annual incentive compensation programs (subject to position level and collective bargaining agreement).

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, veteran status, or any other protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment 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.