Senior Software Engineer - Embedded Tooling & Verification

Collins Aerospace; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support tooling, automation, and verification infrastructure within the Embedded Platform Software team in the APA organization.

You will help create repeatable, certifiable workflows for avionics product development and maintain engineering tools, automation pipelines, and test infrastructure used across software, hardware, and systems teams.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
• Experience developing engineering tools or automation using Python, with working knowledge of C and C++
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD systems (GitLab preferred) and Linux‑based development
• Proficiency with Git or Subversion, and experience using workflow tools such as Jama and Jira
• Experience using or supporting build, test, and data systems such as Make/CMake, MongoDB, and Grafana

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain engineering tools and automation scripts to support embedded software development, systems workflows, hardware integration, and verification activities
• Implement tools that extract, transform, and correlate data from Git, Subversion, Jama and Jira systems
• Automate documentation and certification artifact generation required for DO‑178C traceability and reporting
• Support creation and maintenance of Linux- and container-based tooling environments
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, enabling automated build, integration, and verification workflows
• Integrate third‑party tools and test frameworks into CI environments
• Support build workflows using Make, CMake, or similar systems
• Improve consistency and reliability of automated build and test processes
• Develop digital test harnesses and verification tools for embedded platform software running on simulators, virtual targets, and hardware‑adjacent environments
• Build automation for test orchestration, data collection, metrics, and reporting
• Integrate verification tools with MongoDB, Grafana, and internal dashboards
• Ensure tools and automation support DO‑178C objectives for reliability, determinism, and documentation
• Support tool assurance activities consistent with DO‑330 guidance
• Develop and maintain usage documentation and user support materials and provide team training
• Work with Systems, Platform Software, Hardware/FPGA, and Verification teams to understand workflow needs and develop effective tooling solutions

Skills

Python scripting

C/C++

CI/CD pipelines

Linux development

Git/Subversion

MongoDB/Grafana

Education

STEM degree + experience

Tools

GitLab

Docker/Podman

Jama

Jira

Make/CMake

MongoDB

Grafana

Job description

Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support tooling, automation, and verification infrastructure within the Embedded Platform Software team in the APA organization.

You will help create repeatable, certifiable workflows for avionics product development and maintain engineering tools, automation pipelines, and test infrastructure used across software, hardware, and systems teams.