Senior Principal Software Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-06-17

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MD440: 8170 Maple Lawn Blvd Fulton MD 8170 Maple Lawn Boulevard , Fulton, MD, 20759 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Solipsys, Managed by Collins Aerospace

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Solipsys Corporation, located in Fulton, MD, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies (RTX).  We are currently looking for a talented Senior Principal Software Engineering, who is experienced in either C++ and/or Java, with an aptitude to work on software-intense distributed systems.   The successful candidate will execute in direct technical leadership roles on various programs. 

Solipsys is an industry leader in the development of integrated Network Centric Warfare solutions for both the Domestic and International DoD and this candidate will be engaged with exciting and innovative advancements in Multi-Sensor and Information Fusion, Networked Situational Awareness, and Visualization technologies.

What You Will Do :

• Demonstrate your leadership skills with the ability to coordinate the activities of multiple engineers working on a program, ensuring successful technical execution and delivery of solutions for the customer.

• Utilize your proactive leadership skills – have proven ability to recognize issues early and to lead and motivate teams by making smaller, decisive corrections to avoid larger problems.

• Be adept at communicating (verbal and written) with all levels within and outside the company, ability to prepare and deliver presentations/summaries which appropriately address the intended audience. Design, architect and code critical capabilities in an active Agile environment.

• Use Java and/or C++, develop innovative new features and improvements for Command & Control (C2) Systems .

• Work in a highly collaborate team environment to design, architect and innovate software solutions. 

Qualifications You Must Have :

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.

• Minimum 10 years relevant work experience as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in software architecture and development with Java and/or C++.

• Strong computer science fundamentals: such as data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, information retrieval.

• Relevant work experience with full life cycle development including software requirements, design, development, debug and test .

• The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance is required.

• U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. 

Qualifications We Prefer:​

• Demonstrated skills with C++ related Technologies: Boost/STL/Standard C++ Library/etc.

• Demonstrated skills with Java SDK related Technologies.

• Demonstrated development skills with web related technologies: Angular, Spring Boot, Containers, etc.

• Experience developing, assessing and validating complex mathematical solutions such as track filters, track correlation algorithms, and weapon engagement algorithms, for sensors and/or C2 programs. 

• Demonstrated experience developing software in a Linux environment

• Supporting the research and application of new CI/CD solutions, tools, and capabilities, and development of migration strategies for effective adoption.

• Supporting the maintenance and enhancement of the software development pipeline and extending the pipeline to include automated deployment and test (CI/CD).

• Experience with managing cyber security processes including vulnerability assessments.

• Experience developing system models, simulations, and complex algorithmic solutions, in addition to utilizing tools such as Matlab.

What We Offer​

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