Onsite Senior Software Engineer — Avionics & Real-Time

RTX

Cedar Rapids (IA)

On-site

USD 87,000 - 165,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement
Employee assistance

Job summary

RTX, a leading aerospace and defense company, seeks a Senior Software Engineer in Cedar Rapids to advance next‑generation avionics software for Tactical Situational Awareness systems. You will design and implement real‑time software for safety‑critical environments, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable pilots’ decision‑support tools.

The role emphasizes embedded and hosted application software, real‑time multi‑threaded development, and adherence to DO‑178C guidelines,

Qualifications

  • Degree in STEM or advanced degree with relevant experience.
  • 5 years of software development using Ada/Java/C++/Python.
  • Experience with embedded and hosted application software development.
  • Real‑time, multi‑threaded embedded systems development experience (LynxOS/PowerPC) is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and integrate software for Tactical Situational Awareness systems in avionics.
  • Collaborate with systems, hardware, and product teams to define software requirements.
  • Develop real‑time data fusion, visualization, and decision‑support algorithms.
  • Ensure safety‑critical compliance per industry standards such as DO-178C.
  • Perform performance analysis to meet reliability, latency, and efficiency goals.
  • Participate in Agile processes including sprint planning and CI/CD.

Skills

Ada
Java
C++
Python
Embedded systems

Education

STEM degree
Advanced degree in related field

Tools

LynxOS
PowerPC
Tortoise SVN
DOORS
Eclipse
JIRA
JAMA
Bamboo
Confluence
Git
Jenkins

Job description

RTX, a leading aerospace and defense company, seeks a Senior Software Engineer in Cedar Rapids to advance next‑generation avionics software for Tactical Situational Awareness systems. You will design and implement real‑time software for safety‑critical environments, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable pilots’ decision‑support tools.

The role emphasizes embedded and hosted application software, real‑time multi‑threaded development, and adherence to DO‑178C guidelines,

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