Senior Software Engineer, Disruptive Systems (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-08-13

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 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: TS/SCI

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. 

Collins Aerospace Mission Systems Advanced Technology & Capabilities (ATC) Engineering seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join the Disruptive Systems Technology Team. Our cross-discipline team solves defense customers’ toughest problems through rapidly developing, integrating, and demonstrating systems that employ cutting-edge signal processing and networking innovations.  We pride ourselves on creativity, facing challenging and complex problems head on, and pushing the limits of the possible – all to provide the Warfighter with the most responsive and disruptive capabilities that navigate the intersection of communications; position, navigation & timing (PNT); cyber space; and other radio frequency (RF) systems.

What You Will Do:

• Participate in the requirements, design, development and testing of software to include development of new work products or enhancement of existing applications and systems

• Design, code, test, integrate, and document software solutions

• Participate in internal review of software components and systems

• Collaborate with project managers and other professionals within Engineering

• Follow established development practices and processes to maintain the configuration management of software products

• Participate in the advancement of the software development environment and DevOps practices within Engineering

• Design and develop innovative solutions for communication, navigation, radar and electronic warfare applications

• Derive requirements for new concepts and systems from overall project goals

• Develop, champion and pursue new approaches and solutions

• Collaborate closely across multi-disciplinary teams to rapidly identify and implement innovative, effective solutions

• Create and deliver technical presentations that articulate design approaches and their relevance to project objectives

• Support assigned tasks with accountability for technical execution, cost, schedule, and design-to-cost/manufacturability targets

• Ability to travel up to 15%

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience

• Experience developing in modern programming languages (e.g. C++, Java) in a Linux environment

• Experience with rapid prototyping and development of software solutions

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with embedded software development and software/hardware integration

• Experience with software defined radios (SDRs) or multi-function radio frequency (MFRF) systems

• Experience with Electronic Warfare (EW) and Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) systems

• Experience with Object Oriented Design/Development and multithreading

• Experience with Agile/SCRUM, DevOps, and test automation practices

• Experience with using configuration management and defect tracking tools (Git, JIRA, etc.)

• Experience in software development, test, and deployment in languages such as Python and C/C++

• Experience with software defined radios (SDRs) or multi-function radio frequency (MFRF) systems

• Experience with Electronic Warfare (EW) and Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) systems

• Familiar with Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning techniques

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top Secret with SCI security clearance preferred

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Three weeks