Principal Engineer – Safety-Critical Embedded Software (Avionics)
Shape the Future of Aerospace with Collins Aerospace
At RTX, one of the world's largest aerospace and defense companies, over 185,000 innovators are driven by a shared purpose—to solve the world's toughest engineering challenges and create technologies that connect and protect people around the globe.
As part of Collins Aerospace, you'll join a team that's redefining the future of aviation through advanced avionics, intelligent systems, and safety-critical technologies. Our solutions power virtually every aircraft in the sky, enabling safer, smarter, and more efficient flight.
If you're passionate about building mission-critical embedded software that meets the highest standards of safety and reliability, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.
Principal Engineer – Safety-Critical Embedded Software
What You'll Do
As a Principal Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, development, and validation of safety-critical avionics software for next-generation aerospace platforms.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Develop and validate complex safety-critical embedded software applications.
- Lead software development across the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Analyze customer and system requirements, translating them into high-level and low-level software requirements.
- Define software architecture, design approaches, and verification strategies.
- Develop and review software test plans, test cases, and validation procedures.
- Ensure compliance with aerospace certification standards and engineering best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Systems Engineering, Verification & Validation, Certification, and Program Management.
- Drive technical excellence while mentoring engineers and contributing to continuous process improvements.
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- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, or a related STEM discipline.
- 12+ years of experience in embedded software development, preferably within the aerospace or other safety-critical industries.
- 8+ Years of Strong knowledge of aerospace software certification standards:
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DO-178
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ARP4754A
- 6+ Years of Solid understanding of avionics communication protocols:
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ARINC 429
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AFDX
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ARINC 653
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ARINC 615A
- 8+ Years of Strong expertise in software lifecycle processes, requirements engineering, and verification methodologies.
- 7+ Years of Experience deriving software requirements from customer and system-level requirements.
- 8+ Years of Proven experience defining software verification and validation strategies.
Preferred Qualifications
- 6+ Years of Hands-on embedded software development experience using C++.
- Programming experience in embedded systems and scripting languages.
- Knowledge of Flight Management Systems (FMS).
- Exposure to aerospace certification and regulatory compliance processes.
- Strong analytical, communication, and technical leadership skills.
Why Join Collins Aerospace?
At Collins Aerospace, your work directly impacts millions of passengers and defense personnel worldwide. You'll collaborate with some of the industry's brightest minds to solve complex engineering challenges while advancing technologies that make aviation safer and more sustainable.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
- Group Health, Life & Personal Accident Insurance
- National Pension Scheme (NPS)
- 18 days annual vacation plus 12 days contingency leave
- Leave Travel Allowance (LTA)
- Car Lease Program
- Fuel & Maintenance reimbursement
- Driver wage support
- Meal vouchers
- Employee Scholar Program
- Flexible and supportive work environment
- Learning, leadership, and career growth opportunities
- Inclusive culture that values innovation, collaboration, and diversity
Be Part of What's Next
At Collins Aerospace, we're not just building aerospace systems—we're redefining what's possible. If you're ready to work on technologies that shape the future of flight, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us redefine aerospace.
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