Principal Engineer

Date Posted:

2026-07-08

Country:

India

Location:

IN-KA-BENGALURU-NORTHGATE ~ Sy No 2/2 Venkatala Village ~ SY NO 2/2 VENKATALA VILLAGE, Yelahanka Hobli

Position Role Type:

Onsite

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

What You Will Do

Lead the design, development, integration, and verification of embedded software for aerospace systems.

Provide technical guidance and architectural direction to software development teams.

Ability to decompose systems requirements to software high level requirements.

Drive software requirements reviews, design reviews, code reviews, and technical decision-making.

Mentor and coach engineers on software development best practices and engineering excellence.

Support estimation, planning, risk management, and technical problem-solving activities.

Develop and maintain application software for embedded and real-time systems.

Design and implement low-level device drivers for peripherals and communication interfaces.

Develop software for communication protocols such as CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, ARINC 429, or equivalent.

Perform debugging, performance optimization, and root cause analysis of complex software issues.

Conduct impact analysis and support corrective and preventive actions for field and customer issues.

Support CI/CD pipeline implementation and maintenance.

Integrate automated build, test, and deployment workflows.

Develop Python scripts and tools for automation, testing, data analysis, and productivity improvements.

Support software configuration management and release activities.

Ensure compliance with aerospace software development processes and standards.

Support requirements traceability, verification activities, and certification deliverables.

Participate in software lifecycle reviews and audits.

Collaborate with Systems, Verification, Hardware, Quality, and Program teams throughout development.

Participate in Agile ceremonies including PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives.

Support backlog grooming, feature decomposition, and effort estimation.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the software organization.

What You Will Learn

Technical leadership and mentoring

Systems thinking and problem-solving

Strong analytical and debugging skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership and accountability

Continuous improvement mindset

Customer and quality focus

Qualifications You Must Have

Minimum 12 years of Industry experience in safety critical domain (preferably aerospace domain), embedded Software life cycle in accordance with DO-178 C processes.

Aerospace or avionics software development experience.

Knowledge of DO-178C and certification processes.

Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS or Polarion.

Experience with Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or equivalent DevOps tools.

Knowledge of software verification, regression testing, and structural coverage concepts.

Experience with static analysis tools, and software quality processes.

Exposure to embedded systems and board bring-up activities.

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering /Electronics and communication Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Information Technology.

A strong Python programming experience.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

Transportation facility.

Meal coupons

Group Term Life Insurance.

Group Health Insurance.

Group Personal Accident Insurance.

Entitled for 18 days of vacation and 12 days of sick leave annually.

Employee scholar program

Work life balance

Car lease program

National Pension Scheme

LTA

Fuel & Maintenance /Driver wages

Meal vouchers

And more!

Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all India positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.

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.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.