Lead Embedded Software Engineer - Aerospace

Rtx India Private Limited; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transportation facility

Meal coupons

Group Health Insurance

18 days vacation

Job summary

RTX India Private Limited in Bengaluru is seeking a Lead Engineer to oversee the design, development, and integration of embedded software for aerospace systems, using C and DO-178 B/C standards. This senior role requires cross-team technical leadership in a hybrid work environment.

You will mentor engineers, drive reviews, and ensure compliance with aerospace software processes while collaborating with Systems, Verification, Hardware, Quality, and Program teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of industry experience in safety-critical domain with embedded software lifecycle per DO-178 B/C.
• Strong embedded software development in C for safety-critical aerospace domain.
• Knowledge of DO-178 B/C and certification processes.
• Experience with requirements/configuration/problem report management tools.
• Exposure to embedded systems and board bring-up activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and integration of embedded software for aerospace systems using C and DO-178 B/C standards.
• Provide technical guidance and architectural direction to software teams; decompose requirements to high/low level.
• Drive software reviews and technical decision-making; mentor engineers on best practices.

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/EE/IT

Job description

Lead Engineer

Date Posted: 2026-08-27 Country: India Location: IN-KA-BENGALURU-NORTHGATE ~ Sy No 2/2 Venkatala Village ~ SY NO 2/2 VENKATALA VILLAGE, Yelahanka Hobli Position Role Type: Hybrid

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

What You Will Do

• 1. Lead the design, development, and integration of embedded software for aerospace systems using C and DO-178 B/C standards.
• 2. Provide technical guidance and architectural direction to software development teams. Ability to decompose systems requirements to high level software requirements, low level design and code implementation.
• 3. Analyze, define, and develop clear, complete, and verifiable high-level and low-level software requirements.
• 4. Develop software architecture, detailed designs, and embedded software components using established software design principles.
• 5. Drive software requirements reviews, design reviews, code reviews, and technical decision-making.
• 6. Mentor and coach engineers on software development best practices and engineering excellence.
• 7. Support estimation, planning, risk management, and technical problem-solving activities. Develop and maintain application software for embedded and real-time systems.
• 8. Design and implement low-level device drivers for peripherals and communication interfaces. Develop software for communication protocols such as CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, ARINC 429 etc.
• 9. Perform debugging, performance optimization, and root cause analysis of complex software issues.
• 10. Conduct impact analysis and support corrective and preventive actions for field and customer issues.
• 11. Support problem report management, software configuration management and release activities.
• 12. Ensure compliance with aerospace software development processes and standards. Support requirements traceability, and certification deliverables.
• 13. Participate in software lifecycle reviews and audits.
• 14. Collaborate with Systems, Verification, Hardware, Quality, and Program teams throughout development.
• 15. Participate in Agile ceremonies including PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• 16. Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the software organization.
• 17. Set-up and troubleshoot environment for embedded products.

What You Will Learn

• 1. Technical leadership and mentoring.
• 2. Systems thinking and problem-solving.
• 3. Strong analytical and debugging skills.
• 4. Cross-functional collaboration.
• 5. Ownership and accountability.
• 6. Continuous improvement mindset.
• 7. Customer and quality focus.

Qualifications You Must Have

• 1. Minimum 4 years of Industry experience in safety critical domain (preferably aerospace domain), embedded Software development life cycle in accordance with DO-178 B/C processes.
• 2. Strong Embedded software development experience in safety critical domain (preferably aerospace domain) using C.
• 3. Knowledge of DO-178 B/C and certification processes.
• 4. Experience with requirements management, configuration management, problem report management tools.
• 5. Exposure to embedded systems and board bring-up activities.
• 6. Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering /Electronics and communication Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Information Technology.

Benefits

• Transportation facility.
• Meal coupons
• Group Term Life Insurance.
• Group Health Insurance.
• Group Personal Accident Insurance.
• Entitled for 18 days of vacation and 12 days of sick leave annually.
• Employee scholar program
• Work life balance
• Car lease program
• National Pension Scheme
• LTA Fuel & Maintenance /Driver wages
• Meal vouchers
• And more!

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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