Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Collins Aerospace, a leader in aerospace and defense solutions, is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer specialized in Radar Modeling. The role involves supporting high-fidelity radar models in flight simulation systems, developing and maintaining radar software products, and integrating with distributed simulation environments.
Responsibilities
- Support high-fidelity radar models in flight simulation training systems
- Build, update and maintain different types of radar models through software engineering in the host simulation code
- Integrate with distributed simulation environments
- Support, maintain, and enhance existing radar software products
- Design, develop, test, and debug real-time, multi-threaded software, distributed applications, and APIs for simulation and training
- May manage small projects or processes
- Implement data standards based on specific radar models
Skills
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
- Must have or be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements
- Extensive experience with radar software development and radar concepts for simulation
- Proven leadership experience in a team environment, driving creative solutions to complex technical problems
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Object-Oriented programming
- Experience working on bids and proposals
- Ability to interpret engineering specifications for real radar systems and translate them into software models
- Ability to work with large, existing codebases and mission‑critical software
- Need to know how Radar Simulation Systems (RSS) databases work including how data is structured, how to query it, and how it drives the radar model
- Experience with using and creating Interface Control Documents (ICD) to establish the content and format of all host/RSS interface data
- Need to know how RSS data flows into the radar pipeline
- Experience with Air-Ground modes such as: Real Beam Ground Map (RBGM), GMTI (Ground Mapping Target Indication), SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar), DBS (Doppler Beam Sharpening), AGR (Air to Ground Ranging)
- Experience with Air-Sea Modes such as: Sea Surface Search (SSS)
- Experience with Interleaved modes
- Expertise in packet/network analysis tools (e.g., Wireshark)
- Support system integration, test events, and customer reviews
- Strong software architecture skills with the ability to design modular, scalable, high-performance systems for real-time simulation
- Deep understanding of radar systems: signal propagation, resolution, Doppler, clutter, Radar Cross Section (RCS), antenna patterns, attenuation, range bins, azimuth bins, etc
- Familiarity and experience with Operational Flight Program (OFP) core software that is used in both a Full Mission Simulator (FMS) and Operational Flight Trainer (OFT)
- Agile methodology
- Software development for automated unit testing
Benefits
- 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
- Eligible for relocation assistance
- 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
- 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
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