Senior Principal Software Technical Lead; Onsite

Location:

US-TX-RICHARDSON-461 ~ 3200 E Renner Rd ~ RENNER BLDG 461

Security Clearance:
DoD Clearance:
Secret; requires an active U.S. government‑issued secret clearance, and U.S. citizenship.

Salary: 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD.

• Provide technical leadership for a large, embedded software team, ensuring consistent execution, quality, and delivery across multiple software products.
• Own the technical, cost, and schedule performance of multiple software products across the full software development lifecycle.
• Establish and enforce software engineering processes, development standards, and best practices in alignment with program, customer, and enterprise requirements.
• Lead software planning, staffing, tasking, and execution, including delegation to team and technical leads.
• Partner with Program Management, Systems Engineering, Hardware Engineering, and Test to define an executable and prioritized software baseline and backlog.
• Communicate software status, risks, issues, and mitigation plans to program leadership, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Support software proposal development, including scope definition, basis of estimate (BOE), staffing profiles, schedules, and cost estimates.
• Support customer and internal reviews, presenting software architecture, plans, and execution status.
• Oversee integration of software with systems, hardware, and external interfaces, including coordination with suppliers and partners as applicable.
• Travel occasionally to support customer meetings and program reviews.

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and minimum 7 years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, multi‑team software organizations with accountability for cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Professional experience in embedded software development with real‑time operating systems (RTOS).
• Strong working knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) principles, metrics, and reporting within a DoD program environment.
• Experience across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including architecture, design, implementation, integration, verification, and sustainment.
• Experience developing software within a DoD or similarly regulated environment.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued secret security clearance is required prior to start date.

• Experience interfacing directly with customers and leading technical solutions to complex system and software requirements.
• Experience leading or supporting competitive software proposal efforts, including BOEs and cost/schedule trade studies.
• Experience authoring, managing, and tracing software requirements and UML design artifacts within a Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tool.
• Experience developing and integrating multi‑threaded embedded software using object‑oriented languages within a Real‑Time Operating System (RTOS).
• Experience supporting aerospace, defense, or nuclear command‑and‑control systems governed by standards such as DO‑178C, MIL‑STD‑498, or equivalent.
• Experience managing software suppliers, subcontractors, or distributed development teams.
• Exposure to Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Dev Sec Ops .

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student loan repayment program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages (pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal,  protection)
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning support
• Adoption assistance
• Autism benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• Eligible for relocation assistance
• And more!

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 applicable state or federal protected class.