Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

Do you like to fly? Would you like to better understand how the embedded software controls the engine? Would you like to understand the rigorous certification requirements that must be met before an aircraft takes flight? As a principal software engineer, you will be on a mission to develop, test, and prove compliance to the certification authorities that our products are safe, reliable, and airworthy!

As a principal software engineer at Collins Aerospace, you are supporting the development of state-of-the-art flight-critical embedded software for military and commercial aviation applications. You are a member of the engineering team responsible for the design, development, and verification of real-time embedded software. You are on the engineering team responsible for the design, development, and verification of real-time embedded software that ensures our warfighters and travelers safe everyday!

What You Will Do

• You will do software design, development, and verification tasks
• You will manage translation of customer requirements into software requirements
• You will coordinate tasks
• You will review software requirements to ensure compliance with customer requirements
• You will manage implementation of software requirements using design models (flow diagrams) and/or software code (proprietary language)
• You will review of software design and code to ensure compliance with software requirements
• You will generate, run, and review test scripts and data to support software verification test activities
• You will generate documents to support aerospace certification

What You Will Learn

• You will learn how to be a credible software engineer and gain niche skills in the aerospace industry, enabling you to be unique in all you do.
• You will help to expand our software engineering team to allow us to better focus on customer satisfaction related to quality, schedule, process, and cost.
• You can help us improve our customer focus and help us to drive results! You will support software certifications of military and commercial aircrafts, support customer investigations, and troubleshoot deficiencies in existing software applications

Qualifications You Must Have

• 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 and minimum 5 years of experience

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience developing software architecture in an embedded software environment.
• Full life-cycle software development experience.
• Experience with DO-178 (Level A) or similar military standards
• Experience managing projects and tasks across functional teams and geographic locations.
• Experience with software verification testing.
• C, assembly, and/or Python programming experience preferred.
• Experience using logic analyzers and other lab test equipment.

What We Offer

• 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 you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia health, fertility, and family planning
• 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
• And more!

Eligible for relocation

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second. Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in-flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, power & controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customers happy. Join us as we take flight!

Role type definition:

Onsite: Employees who are working in onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form with our customers and with each other propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.