Principal Software Engineer - Streaming Insights (Remote)

RTX; United States; Remote; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Generous 401(k) plan with employer + a

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance and disability coverage

Flexible work schedules

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Software Engineer for the Aviation Intelligence team to design and build real‑time data streaming, high‑throughput data availability, and AI/ML driven insights. You’ll turn raw data into actionable intelligence that improves aviation safety and efficiency, working on scalable, production‑grade systems.

The role suits someone who enjoys open‑ended technical challenges, evolving ideas, and collaborating in a fast, remote environment for impactful global outcomes.

Qualifications

• STEM degree and 5+ years of experience or advanced degree with 4+ years.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.
• Proficient in Rust and Python; Unix familiarity; Kubernetes hands‑on.
• Experience building/maintaining CI/CD pipelines; Agile practises.

Skills

Rust

Python

Unix

Kubernetes

CI/CD (GitLab/GitHub)

Agile development

Education

STEM degree

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Kafka

Nix

Prometheus/Grafana

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-09-02

Country: United States of America

Location: US-AZ-REMOTE

Position Role Type: Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company’s immigration sponsorship now or in the future. The company will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position. The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.

Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status: Not Required

As a Software Engineer on the Aviation Intelligence team, you’ll design, build and code critical projects — real-time data streaming and inference, high-throughput data availability, AI/ML, and turning raw data into real insight — while helping plan and communicate the work along the way. We’re a small team inside a large org, and this role is meant to grow into someone who brings ideas to the table, not just executes on them.

Here’s why you might like it: the datasets are genuinely very large, so you get to leverage niche technologies for large datasets and get to flex your math/stats skills from time to time. Performance and efficiency aren’t nice-to-haves here, they’re fun problems. Much of what we work on is open-ended — and “can this even be solved,” is a question that one must enjoy trying to answer. Improvements in our products directly improve the status quo for aviation around the world: airlines and airports run on our predictions, so real people catch flights they’d otherwise miss and skip delays they’d otherwise sit through — without ever knowing your work is why. You don’t get many shots at impacting an entire mode of transportation. This is one of them.

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
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future. RTX will not offer sponsorship for this position.
• Intermediate or better knowledge of Rust.
• Python experience.
• Experience with Unix-style systems (ability to do basic administration, and manage work upon)
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience operating production workloads.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions, or similar).
• Ability to work within an agile development style.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with AWS (EKS, IAM, VPCs, networking).
• Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Experience with Kafka.
• Experience with Nix
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, reliability, and scaling.
• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos, etc.).
• Familiarity with Dagster, Airflow or other modern ETL orchestration tools.
• Background in ML/AI systems in production (MLOps).
• Experience optimizing infrastructure for performance and cost.
• Familiarity with Iceberg, Spark, Elasticsearch and other large-scale data processing systems.
• Experience working in hybrid infrastructure environments (cloud + on-prem Kubernetes).

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• 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 illnessinsurance, 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!

Avionics:

Avionics delivers advanced cockpit displays, vision systems, and comprehensive digital solutions for global government, commercial and business aviation customers. We provide connectivity and managed data services to ensure safety and seamless communication for passengers, crews, and militaries, from aircraft and airports to air traffic management. Join us in creating solutions that connect the world, one flight at a time.

• Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed.

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.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attendselect steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

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.