Senior Principal Software Engineer - Radar Modeling

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⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $132.4k - $251.6k / year

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RTX

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2020

🚀 Aerospace

Aerospace • Defense • Sustainability

RTX is a globally recognized aerospace and defense company dedicated to transformative technologies and era-defining innovation. It operates through various businesses, including Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon, with a focus on sustainable, connected flight and smarter defense systems. RTX is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the company and aims to solve the world’s most complex problems with cutting-edge technology and talent. Additionally, RTX is involved in significant projects like upgrading the F135 Engine Core and developing missile-defense systems. The company emphasizes corporate responsibility and sustainable practices.

📋 Description

• Support high-fidelity radar models in flight simulation training systems. • Build, update and maintain different types of radar models through software engineering in the host simulation code. • Integrate with distributed simulation environments. • Support, maintain, and enhance existing radar software products. • Design, develop, test, and debug real-time, multi-threaded software, distributed applications, and APIs for simulation and training. • May manage small projects or processes. • Implement data standards based on specific radar models.

🎯 Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience • Must have or be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. • Extensive experience with radar software development and radar concepts for simulation. • Proven leadership experience in a team environment, driving creative solutions to complex technical problems. • Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Object-Oriented programming. • Experience working on bids and proposals. • Ability to interpret engineering specifications for real radar systems and translate them into software models. • Ability to work with large, existing codebases and mission‑critical software. • Need to know how Radar Simulation Systems (RSS) databases work including how data is structured, how to query it, and how it drives the radar model. • Experience with using and creating Interface Control Documents (ICD) to establish the content and format of all host/RSS interface data. • Need to know how RSS data flows into the radar pipeline. • Experience with Air-Ground modes such as: Real Beam Ground Map (RBGM). • GMTI (Ground Mapping Target Indication). • SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar). • DBS (Doppler Beam Sharpening). • AGR (Air to Ground Ranging) • Experience with Air-Sea Modes such as: Sea Surface Search (SSS) • Experience with Interleaved modes. • Expertise in packet/network analysis tools (e.g., Wireshark). • Support system integration, test events, and customer reviews. • Strong software architecture skills with the ability to design modular, scalable, high-performance systems for real-time simulation. • Deep understanding of radar systems: signal propagation, resolution, Doppler, clutter, Radar Cross Section (RCS), antenna patterns, attenuation, range bins, azimuth bins, etc. • Familiarity and experience with Operational Flight Program (OFP) core software that is used in both a Full Mission Simulator (FMS) and Operational Flight Trainer (OFT). • Agile methodology. • Software development for automated unit testing.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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 illness insurance, 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 • Eligible for relocation assistance • And more!