Date Posted:

2024-05-16

Country:

United States of America

Location:

TX190: 2501 West University, McKinney 2501 West University , McKinney, TX, 75070 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Job Summary:

The Secure Information Systems Department at Collins Aerospace is seeking an Associate Director Software / Firmware Architect to help grow a new and exciting secure system product line. The qualified candidate will have extensive embedded software experience with a deep knowledge of firmware operations which drives the interfaces.

This position requires onsite presence in either McKinney, TX or El Segundo, CA. This position is eligible for relocation assistance.

The SW/FW Secure Systems Architect is the quality authority tasked to drive defect detection to the left of the systems engineering V model. Maintainability and scalability are priorities in the product’s design to ensure agility and to reduce time to market to meet our customer’s ever-changing requirements. This individual is a lifelong learner with a proven history of pushing teams toward new and innovative processes, tools, and a quality focused culture. The Architect is a technical leader whose roles and responsibilities include requirements derivation, architecture, and design, implementing agile processes and tools, leading bids and proposal work, and working across the engineering functions to achieve program objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, develop, integrate, and test secure processing solutions across all products in the portfolio.

• Promote, mature, and grow the application and use of DevSecOps for the product line.

• Promote, mature, and grow the application and use of MBSE for the product line.

• The authority for all SW and FW quality.

• Support the training and growth of the SW and FW teams on the product line and ensure best practices are adhered to.

• Work with the Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer, and Business Development on new business pursuits.

• Implement SW / FW capabilities as required.

Qualifications / Experience Needed:

• Typically requires 12 years or greater of professional relevant experience.

• Expert experience with system security concepts and designs

• Expert experience with developing software in Xilinx SDK or Vitis

• Expert experience with deploying software on FPGAs and SOCs

• Strong experience with application multi-threading

• Strong experience with DevSecOps and MBSE

• Experience with ASIC design

• Experience with TCP and UDP Ethernet protocols

• Experience with Peta Linux

• Familiar with development of device drivers

• Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams with other team members and customers.

• Knowledge in developing architectures and design of complex systems.

• Supporting development projects from concept through implementation and integration.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience.

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current/Active Security Clearance

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.

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success . We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

This is an Onsite position. 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.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

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.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

The salary range for this role is 143,000 USD - 287,000 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.

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