Senior Principal Lead Software Engineer - Onsite, Secret

RTX (Raytheon); Oak Grove (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks vacation

Generous 401(k) with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, seeks a Software Engineer in Sterling, VA, onsite to lead a simulation software team and align engineering efforts across disciplines for aircraft simulator training systems. A Secret clearance is required, with a STEM degree and 7–10+ years of experience.

The role emphasizes development of robust software architectures, integration with systems engineering, and risk-aware project execution in a lab-heavy environment.

Qualifications

• Requires active and transferable Secret U.S. government clearance before start date.
• Typically requires a STEM degree with 10+ years of relevant experience or an advanced degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Agile methods (Scrum/SAFe) and Agile metrics.
• Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead simulation software team and coordinate with systems engineers.
• Develop, mature, and update software requirements.
• Identify technical risks and dependencies and ensure program execution.
• Support risk and opportunity management, schedules, and cost control.
• Contribute to design of Systems/Software architecture for an aircraft Simulator Training System.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

Earned Value Management

CI/CD pipelines

Security clearance

STEM degree

10+ years experience or advanced deg

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Tools

CORE Simulation Architecture

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Bash

PowerShell

RESTful APIs

Linux/Windows

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, seeks a Software Engineer in Sterling, VA, onsite to lead a simulation software team and align engineering efforts across disciplines for aircraft simulator training systems. A Secret clearance is required, with a STEM degree and 7–10+ years of experience.

The role emphasizes development of robust software architectures, integration with systems engineering, and risk-aware project execution in a lab-heavy environment.