Job Description
Date Posted:
2026-10-10
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HTX36: Richardson, TX 3200 E Renner Rd , Richardson, TX, 75082-2402 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Security Clearance:
Secret - Current
Are you looking to make a meaningful, positive impact while advancing your career?
Here at Collins Aerospace, we’re enhancing mission critical systems for our military to deter against current and future adversarial threats. The need for passionate engineers who want to make a difference is now! Our team develops strategic solutions to ensure Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) function accurately, on-time, every time, and under the most extreme circumstances for our national defense.
We have an opportunity for a Senior Principal Systems Software Product Owner (PO) to join a cohort of 20+ talented software engineers in developing our Very Low Frequency (VLF) solution for the military. The government has requested a need for greater cyber security threat protection, software assurance, improvement in availability and reliability while harnessing the latest technologies for rapid development and deployment.
What You Will Do:
Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to provide software solutions to address system needs
Lead an established software development team, organized as three Agile sub-teams, to design and develop our solution for aircraft operators to control and monitor mission critical VLF transmitters
Work collaboratively with Software Architects and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to update and maintain the multi-year Feature Roadmap through development, integration, test, and deployment
Decompose Features, groom Stories, establish dependencies, and plan with the development team for the next Increment (3 month lookahead)
Own and update scope, schedule, budget, risks, and opportunities as Cost Account Manager (CAM) using Earned Value (EV) techniques
Guide the development team in architectural best practices, modularity, code structure, and performance tradeoffs in real-time systems
Identify areas for optimization and collaborate on architecture-level decisions along with software Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to meet system constraints
Support software requirements and Unified Modeling Language (UML) design diagrams within a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tool
Support development and integration of multi-threaded embedded software using C and C++ within a Real Time Operating System (RTOS)
Support integration and verification within our automated test framework
Support document updates to meet customer Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL)
Support bid activities for customer related Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
What You Will Learn:
Full software development lifecycle within defense industry
Agile development within a classified environment
Integration and validation on a variety of hardware controller cards
Best practices in secure software coding on embedded systems
Qualifications You Must Have:
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.
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Experience leading a software development team within an Agile methodology.
Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), system decomposition, and interface control across disciplines.
Experience with software lifecycle processes, configuration control, and change management in high-integrity development environments.
Qualifications We Prefer:
Experience with multithreading, memory management, and performance optimization in complex environments.
Experience in secure coding practices.
Experience with hardware-software integration and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing.
Experience with development tool sets, including Jira, Git, Visual Studio Code, cmake.
Experience with Qt framework and development tools to generate C++ and QML code.
Experience with automated test frameworks, unit testing, and requirements traceability.
What We Offer:
Some 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
may be eligible for relocation
And more!
Learn More & Apply Now!
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.
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.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 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.
RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, ****** orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.
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2026-10-10
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HTX36: Richardson, TX 3200 E Renner Rd , Richardson, TX, 75082-2402 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Security Clearance:
Secret - Current
Are you looking to make a meaningful, positive impact while advancing your career?
Here at Collins Aerospace, we’re enhancing mission critical systems for our military to deter against current and future adversarial threats. The need for passionate engineers who want to make a difference is now! Our team develops strategic solutions to ensure Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) function accurately, on-time, every time, and under the most extreme circumstances for our national defense.
We have an opportunity for a Senior Principal Systems Software Product Owner (PO) to join a cohort of 20+ talented software engineers in developing our Very Low Frequency (VLF) solution for the military. The government has requested a need for greater cyber security threat protection, software assurance, improvement in availability and reliability while harnessing the latest technologies for rapid development and deployment.
What You Will Do:
Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to provide software solutions to address system needs
Lead an established software development team, organized as three Agile sub-teams, to design and develop our solution for aircraft operators to control and monitor mission critical VLF transmitters
Work collaboratively with Software Architects and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to update and maintain the multi-year Feature Roadmap through development, integration, test, and deployment
Decompose Features, groom Stories, establish dependencies, and plan with the development team for the next Increment (3 month lookahead)
Own and update scope, schedule, budget, risks, and opportunities as Cost Account Manager (CAM) using Earned Value (EV) techniques
Guide the development team in architectural best practices, modularity, code structure, and performance tradeoffs in real-time systems
Identify areas for optimization and collaborate on architecture-level decisions along with software Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to meet system constraints
Support software requirements and Unified Modeling Language (UML) design diagrams within a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tool
Support development and integration of multi-threaded embedded software using C and C++ within a Real Time Operating System (RTOS)
Support integration and verification within our automated test framework
Support document updates to meet customer Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL)
Support bid activities for customer related Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
What You Will Learn:
Full software development lifecycle within defense industry
Agile development within a classified environment
Integration and validation on a variety of hardware controller cards
Best practices in secure software coding on embedded systems
Qualifications You Must Have:
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.
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Experience leading a software development team within an Agile methodology.
Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), system decomposition, and interface control across disciplines.
Experience with software lifecycle processes, configuration control, and change management in high-integrity development environments.
Qualifications We Prefer:
Experience with multithreading, memory management, and performance optimization in complex environments.
Experience in secure coding practices.
Experience with hardware-software integration and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing.
Experience with development tool sets, including Jira, Git, Visual Studio Code, cmake.
Experience with Qt framework and development tools to generate C++ and QML code.
Experience with automated test frameworks, unit testing, and requirements traceability.
What We Offer:
Some 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
may be eligible for relocation
And more!
Learn More & Apply Now!
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.
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.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 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.
RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, ****** orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.
Privacy Policy and Terms:
Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Senior Principal Software Systems Product Owner (Onsite)- post position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Dallas offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
