Date Posted:2026-07-07
Country:United States of America
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: The company will offer immigration sponsorship for this position, if needed. The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.
Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required
Security Clearance Status: Not Required
Do you want to be part of an innovative, forward-thinking, and highly motivated engineering team developing the next generation of avionics processing platforms? The Advanced Processing Architectures Software organization delivers embedded processing solutions used across a wide range of safety-critical commercial and military avionics systems. Our team is responsible for the development, verification, certification, and long-term sustainment of advanced processing and graphics capabilities that support the highest standards of reliability and performance.
We are seeking a Senior Embedded Platform Software Engineer to join our foundation software team. In this role, you will contribute to the development of platform control software that enables secure, deterministic, and robust operation of custom avionics processing ASICs or advanced MPSoC devices. You will work across key avionics capabilities including silicon initialization flows, secure boot integration, early-boot software, platform security, hardware bring-up, system health monitoring, and fault-detection mechanisms. This position requires close collaboration with hardware, systems, and embedded software teams to ensure safe, reliable system behavior across the complete avionics lifecycle.
What You Will Do:- Develop embedded platform software supporting processor control, power-management flows, and ASIC state coordination
- Implement and integrate secure boot orchestration components, cryptographic validation routines, and platform trust enforcement
- Design, implement, and bring up low-level drivers, HAL layers, diagnostics, and platform initialization software
- Work extensively in virtual development environments (simulation, emulation, virtual platforms, FPGA prototypes) before hardware availability
- Work with and oversee subcontract suppliers responsible for custom bootloader and early-boot software development
- Review, validate, and integrate supplier deliverables (bootloaders, BSP components, startup sequences) into the platform software stack
- Collaborate with OS and BSP vendors to integrate and configure RTOS components
- Debug and root-cause hardware/software interaction issues
- Work within pipelined build and test development environments (e.g., automated build systems, CI/CD pipelines, continuous testing frameworks)
- Identify opportunities to optimize development workflows, improve efficiency, and introduce innovative tools or methods
- Document designs, contribute to coding standards, and support cross-functional integration activities
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a positive, collaborative team dynamic
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 embedded software for complex SoCs or custom ASIC architectures
- Proficiency in C/C++ and embedded systems design
- Experience working in virtual development environments such as simulation, emulation
- Hands-on experience with board bring-up, hardware abstraction layers, diagnostics, and driver development
- Understanding of secure boot flows, key validation mechanisms, and trusted platform initialization
- Solid understanding of ASIC/SoC architectures, register maps, interrupts, reset logic, and hardware control interfaces
- Experience with RTOS environments
- Demonstrated ability to think creatively, propose novel solutions, and identify efficiencies
- Highly self-motivated, team-driven, and committed to delivering high-quality technical work
Qualifications We Prefer: - Experience with pipelined build and test development environments (CI/CD, automated build/test pipelines, or continuous integration frameworks)
- Experience developing or overseeing custom bootloader or early-boot deliverables from third-party vendors
- Direct experience integrating BSP components
- Experience with RTOS or embedded Linux configurations, WindRiver VxWorks
- Background in platform security, secure provisioning, or hardware trust anchors
What We OfferSome of our competitive benefits package includes:
- 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
- And more!
Learn More & Apply Now!Avionics delivers advanced cockpit displays, vision systems, and comprehensive digital solutions for global government, commercial and business aviation customers. We provide connectivity and managed data services to ensure safety and seamless communication for passengers, crews, and militaries, from aircraft and airports to air traffic management. Join us in creating solutions that connect the world, one flight at a time. Start your application today.
*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
Onsite: 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.
The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.
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.
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.
