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Prattwhitney lists this Senior Principal Software Project Engineer - Advanced Processing Architectures opportunity in melbourne, Florida. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Senior Principal Software Project Engineer (P5)
At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
Location: US-FL-MELBOURNE-313 ~ 1344 S Babcock St ~ BLDG 313
Position Role Type: Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company’s immigration sponsorship now or in the future. The company will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position. The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.
Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required. Security Clearance Status: Not Required.
What You Will Do:
Technical Leadership & Software Coordination Lead daily execution of software engineering activities across planning, development, integration, verification, and sustainment. Ensure consistency across software requirements, interfaces, ICDs, configuration baselines, and engineering artifacts. Work under the technical direction of the Project Chief Engineer. Drive alignment across systems, software, hardware, and integration teams to ensure cohesive and predictable execution.
Project Planning, Execution & Controls Develop detailed software plans including named tasks, resource needs, schedules, and cost estimates. Lead execution of IMS, ISAT, Work Packages, and software engineering backlogs. Identify cost, schedule, and technical risks early; recommend mitigation strategies and lead recovery efforts when needed. Define and maintain software task sequencing, dependencies, and integration touchpoints.
Software Integration, Verification & Dependency Management Coordinate software integration events, lab activities, and test plans aligned with verification, validation, and certification workflows. Maintain disciplined weekly tracking of giver/receiver dependencies, ensuring upstream and downstream teams remain synchronized. Guide teams in resolving software defects, integration issues, and technical blockers to maintain schedule fidelity.
Scope Definition, Proposals & Customer Engagement Support technical inputs for bids, proposals, SOWs, and customer presentations related to software scope. Ensure software assumptions, constraints, deliverables, and risk positions are clearly articulated. Represent software engineering status, challenges, and milestones confidently to program leadership and customers.
Communication, Reporting & Team Cadence Deliver clear, concise software project status to Project Chief Engineers, Program Management, and key stakeholders. Ensure software risks, issues, and dependencies are visible and tracked to closure. Lead weekly software cadence meetings, distributing high‑quality written summaries of tasks, forecasts, and critical actions. Provide strategic guidance when schedule or scope pressures arise, enabling the team to stay aligned with program milestones.
Qualifications You Must Have:
Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company’s immigration sponsorship now or in the future.
The company will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position.
The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.
Able to lead large software or multi‑discipline engineering teams with complex interdependencies.
Experience in software development, integration, verification, or systems‑level coordination of software deliverables.
Experience managing technical software projects including schedule execution, risk management, issue resolution, and customer interaction.
Qualifications We Prefer:
Experience meeting engineering goals, commitments, and schedule targets.
Able of working with individual contributors, senior engineers, program leadership, and external customers.
Experience with avionics regulatory and certification workflows (DO‑178C, DO‑160, ARP4754A, DO‑297).
Background in embedded software, real‑time operating systems, or avionics processing platforms.
Experience with software integration labs, automated test environments, or CI‑aligned verification workflows.
Leading customer discussions, proposals, technical reviews, and bid strategy.
Ability to balance software performance, safety, and affordability within project constraints.
Ability to mentor, influence, and drive team performance in a highly collaborative engineering environment.
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 illnessinsurance, group legal, ID theft protection
Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
Carrot Health to hormonal health, fertility, and family building
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
And more!
The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.
RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry‑leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity.
The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
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Worksite address
melbourne, FL, 32935, US
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