Principal Engineer (Hybrid)

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• Position Role Type:
• Principal Engineer – Safety-Critical Embedded Software (Avionics)
• Shape the Future of Aerospace with Collins Aerospace
• At RTX, one of the world's largest aerospace and defense companies, over 185,000 innovators are driven by a shared purpose—to solve the world's toughest engineering challenges and create technologies that connect and protect people around the globe.
• As part of Collins Aerospace, you'll join a team that's redefining the future of aviation through advanced avionics, intelligent systems, and safety-critical technologies. Our solutions power virtually every aircraft in the sky, enabling safer, smarter, and more efficient flight.
• If you're passionate about building mission-critical embedded software that meets the highest standards of safety and reliability, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.
• Principal Engineer – Safety-Critical Embedded Software
• What You'll Do
• As a Principal Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, development, and validation of safety-critical avionics software for next-generation aerospace platforms.
• Your responsibilities will include:
• Develop and validate complex safety-critical embedded software applications.
• Lead software development across the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Analyze customer and system requirements, translating them into high-level and low-level software requirements.
• Define software architecture, design approaches, and verification strategies.
• Develop and review software test plans, test cases, and validation procedures.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace certification standards and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Systems Engineering, Verification & Validation, Certification, and Program Management.
• Drive technical excellence while mentoring engineers and contributing to continuous process improvements.
• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, or a related STEM discipline.
• 12+ years of experience in embedded software development, preferably within the aerospace or other safety-critical industries.