Senior Principal Software Engineer - Avionics & DoD Systems

Vectrus, Inc; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Retirement plan

Life insurance, AD&D, and disability

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Job summary

V2X in Indianapolis seeks a Principal Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering team, supporting next-generation avionics and weapon system integration for DoD programs. You will lead the software lifecycle from concept to validation within a cross-functional IPT, driving technical direction and ensuring high-quality deliverables.

The ideal candidate will have 12+ years in systems, software, or hardware engineering, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to obtain DoD clearance.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance.
• At least 12 years of related engineering experience in systems, software, or hardware engineering.
• Experience providing leadership, technical direction, and guidance to large multi-discipline teams.
• Experience leading all systems engineering tasks and cross-product activities across the program.
• Experience planning, executing and leading integration, verification and validation tasks across the program.
• Ability to own engineering scope within the program and drive tasks to meet requirements.
• Experience developing technical baselines and Engineering Change Requests.
• Experience leading Trade Studies and risk analyses.
• Strong communication with internal/external stakeholders including design reviews.
• Experience mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership throughout the software development life cycle.
• Define requirements, architecture, and design reviews.
• Lead integration, verification, and validation activities.
• Coordinate within the IPT to ensure program milestones are met.
• Mentor engineers across grades and disciplines.
• Collaborate with government and contractor teams.

Skills

US Citizenship

DoD Secret Clearance

12+ years engineering

Technical leadership

Systems engineering

Cross-functional IPT leadership

Communication skills

Agile software development

Software integration

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

V2X in Indianapolis seeks a Principal Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering team, supporting next-generation avionics and weapon system integration for DoD programs. You will lead the software lifecycle from concept to validation within a cross-functional IPT, driving technical direction and ensuring high-quality deliverables.

The ideal candidate will have 12+ years in systems, software, or hardware engineering, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to obtain DoD clearance.