Collins Aerospace · 1 day ago
Principal Engineer, Software Engineering
Ely, IA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$133K/yr - $203K/yr
5+ years expCollins Aerospace is a leading company in aerospace technology, seeking a Principal Engineer in Software Engineering. This role involves developing and supporting software verification activities for Flight Display avionics applications, providing technical guidance, and ensuring compliance with safety standards.
AerospaceIndustrialMilitarySatellite Communication
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop and support software verification activities of Flight Display avionics applications which involved developing testing infrastructure for flight display software
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert and technical focal to provide technical guidance to the team in FDSA verification and target execution
Perform verification of the FDSA functionalities and software of high complexity as per DO-178B Standards and used the company proprietary tools — ADAPT, VISTA, VAPS, PREP, LARGE tools
Perform analysis of software and identified bugs in the software
Coordinate with offsite leads in resolving the technical issues, identified and provided solutions to fix issues in target setup. Identify technical dependencies, issues and risks; take necessary actions to solve those
Develop requirements-based test procedures and performed requirements based verification that included structural coverage analysis
Perform peer review on System and Software Requirements, and Test
Serve in the key role as presenter in FAA SO Audits and supported certification activities for all FDSA programs
Create certification documentation activities such as RFS (Run For Score) activities and reviewed the final documentation
Define high and low level requirements, test cases, test procedures and provided linking to implementation using DOORS and managed software traceability
Create software build and integration on host platform and was involved in Software Application integration and verification on the Hardware and Target test station
Create unit testing ability (along with continued regression testing ability) such that software components may be developed and comprehensively tested in a simulation environment — if such a way does not exist, looked for ways to create one
Participate in cross-functional team efforts in integration, verification and validation for products and sub-systems of limited to moderate complexity
Contribute to engineering estimates for limited scope such as change requests or problem reports
Conduct multidisciplinary research in assisting Application designers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of data processing for Flight Display Application and commercial software to develop software engineering activities
Act as a mentor to junior engineers in assignments, processes and tools. Provided technical feedback to junior engineers
Apply major RC processes related to software development and verification to the project
Qualification
Required
Must possess at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field and 8 years of progressive experience as a Software Engineer or related role in the aerospace industry. In the alternative, at least a master's degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field and 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer or related role in the aerospace industry would be acceptable
Must possess at least 5 years of experience with RTCA DO-178C Certification, DO-330, 331, 332, FAA SOI, TCR Audits, TSO Certification for safety critical airworthy embedded systems
Must possess at least 5 years of experience with defining, validating system/software requirements, application architecture prototyping, low level design and development
Must possess at least 5 years of experience with ARINC communications including ARINC 429, 661, 664 and 615A
Must possess at least 5 years of experience with Embedded C programming, debugging, troubleshooting hardware-software system integration
Must possess at least 5 years of experience in developing avionics software with Visual Studio, VAPs graphics, Human Machine Interface design, Python & Model based development using MATLAB Simulink
Non-US Person - 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
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
401(k) match
Flexible spending accounts
Flexible work schedules
Employee assistance program
Employee Scholar Program
Parental leave
Paid time off
Holidays
Company
Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace is an RTX business.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2023-07-21Acquired
Leadership Team
Brad Haselhorst
Vice President and General Manager, Interior Products
Greg Gernhardt
VP Boeing Programs
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