Principal Software Engineer - Certification Focal; Onsite

Date Posted

United States of America

US-FL-MELBOURNE-313 ~ 1344 S Babcock St ~ BLDG 313

Onsite

The company will offer immigration sponsorship for this position, if needed. The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.

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At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Next Generation Processing Foundational Software team is seeking an experienced embedded software engineer with a strong passion for certification to join our organization. This foundational and platform software group develops the core building blocks required for hardware bring‑up, along with the essential functionality that enables our product application software to be built efficiently and reliably.

We deliver reusable software lifecycle artifacts that support a wide range of end‑user products and their airworthiness requirements. Next‑generation processing capabilities represent a key technology investment for our future product lines, and this role provides a unique opportunity to influence product strategies, as well as the tools, processes, and methods that drive our ability to deliver new capabilities efficiently and with the highest standards of quality to our customers.

• Provide subcontractor oversight and coordination in support of software certification activities, including certification document reviews and audit preparation.
• Coordinate and contribute to software certification deliverables, such as authoring plans, processes, work instructions, SOI submissions, and resolving findings.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the project team regarding questions on processes, plans, standards, and policies.
• Collaborate with a wide variety of teams, including internal and external customers, systems engineers, hardware engineers, software engineers, partner suppliers, safety engineers, and program managers.
• Manage certification activities, including project management responsibilities such as bidding, estimating, tracking, and reporting on technical scope, cost, and schedule.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, opportunities, dependencies, and assumptions associated with certification aspects of the program.
• Support additional software engineering activities during periods of reduced certification workload; these may include requirements capture, design, development, integration, and verification.
• Present information effectively to internal and external leaders at various levels and anticipate potential questions.
• Mentor team members in software certification practices and champion the development of training materials and knowledge‑transfer opportunities.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field
• 8+ years of applied experience in the software development…