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# Application Engineer

- **Company:** Real-Time Innovations
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Linux, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Message Broker, Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), Multicasting, Network Protocols, Real-Time Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Wireshark, VxWorks, GitHub Copilot, Concurrency, Apache Kafka, Claude, GPT
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=93fcd9145d034d44

## About the Role

* 7-10+ years of software engineering or technical customer-facing engineering experience, with a degree in CS, CE, EE, or equivalent practical background.
 * Solid development and debugging skills in C and C++.
 * Strong working knowledge of Linux, sockets, and network protocols (UDP, TCP, multicast).
 * Comfortable using tools like Wireshark and GDB to track down packet loss, latency spikes, or thread deadlocks.
 * Able to explain technical trade-offs clearly to other engineers and project leads.
 * Willing and able to travel 20-35% to customer sites.
 * US Citizenship required*
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o Due to applicable laws, government regulations and contract specifications, we are required to fill this position only with an individual who qualifies as a "U.S. Citizen.", * Prior experience with RTI Connext, DDS, ROS 2, or message brokers like Kafka and MQTT.

 * Experience working on defense platforms, avionics, radar, or robotics.
 * Familiarity with MOSA open architecture standards (such as FACE or SOSA).
 * Experience using AI developer tools (like GitHub Copilot, Claude, or ChatGPT) to speed up coding, debugging, and prototyping.
 * Experience with Java, C#, or Python.
 * Experience with RTOS like VxWorks or QNX.
 * An active U.S. security clearance.

## Description

As a key member of our Professional Services team, you will act as a trusted technical advisor to leading Aerospace & Defense engineering teams. You will tackle complex distributed systems challenges, optimize microsecond-level deterministic data flows, and ensure mission-critical software performs reliably when failure is not an option., * Work directly with customer engineers to design and prototype distributed systems using RTI Connext.

 * Debug network, performance, and concurrency bugs across customer codebases and embedded environments.
 * Review customer architecture, configuration, and code to catch bottlenecks before deployment.
 * Build working proof-of-concept demos and code examples for customer-specific use cases.
 * Run technical training sessions and deep-dive design reviews, both remotely and on-site at customer facilities.
 * Pass field insights, edge cases, and feature requests directly back to our internal teams.