Principal Radar Software Engineer (Onsite)
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Job description
As a Principal Radar Software Engineer, you will support one or more phases of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - requirements, design, development (using C and C++), test, validation, and maintenance.
This is an onsite role based in Huntsville, AL.
What You Will Do
- Collaborate with cross-functional, agile teams to define, design, and implement new features, ensuring system integration and scalability.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing code for performance and efficiency in complex environments.
- Write and maintain comprehensive documentation for software applications, including system architecture and design specifications.
- Participate in product reviews and ensure adherence to engineering standards and best practices.
- Stay current with industry trends and advancements in modern languages, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps), and other methodologies and technologies, especially in relation to complex systems.
- Exhibit leadership behaviors and practices and serve (part-time or full-time) in leadership roles
- Travel may occasionally be required.
What You Will Learn
- Agile methodology and the associated tools.
- Modern Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery techniques.
- Test-Driven Multi-Disciplined Capability (TDMC) Product Development methodology.
- Work across engineering disciplines to develop solutions to complex problems in support of defense systems.
- Use AI to increase efficiency, resulting in higher quality products, across the SDLC.
- Broaden Radar domain knowledge.
Requirements
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance, Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date, * Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
- Experience with C++ development on a Linux/Unix based platform.
- Experience with one or More of the Following to Support Radar Software Development
- Radar systems and signal processing (e.g., pulse-Doppler processing, detection theory, tracking, waveform processing)
- Digital signal processing (DSP) (e.g., FFTs, filtering, pulse compression, matched filtering)
- Radio Frequency (RF) systems and antenna concepts (e.g., propagation, phased arrays, beamforming, angle-of-arrival estimation)
- Radar scene and signal modeling (e.g., target phenomenology, clutter, propagation, complex baseband (I/Q) signal generation)
- Electronic attack (EA) and electronic protection (EP) concepts
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued interim secret security clearance is required prior to start. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Qualifications We Prefer
- Active Secret security clearance.
- Experience in the role as a Scrum Master (SM) and/or a Product Owner (PO).
- 3+ years of MATLAB development for modeling
- Experience with MDA X-Band Radars
- Design, implementation, optimization, and validation of radar signal processing and simulation software
- Development of high-fidelity radar scene and complex baseband (I/Q) signal simulation capabilities
- High-performance, real-time software development
- Parallel programming and hardware acceleration (e.g., multithreading, SIMD, CUDA/OpenCL)
- Performance analysis, profiling, and optimization of computationally intensive applications
Benefits & conditions
The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
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 or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal 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.