RTX
aerospace and defense
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-AlgorithmsSoftware
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“Senior Software Engineer - Algorithms Software at RTX. Skills: Algorithm software development, Real-time applications, High-performance computing (HPC), Performance optimization, C++, CUDA. Implementing system-level architecture updates. Optimizing low-level code to maximize performance efficiency”
What You'll Achieve.
Maximize performance efficiency; Achieve optimal performance; Complete the mission; Bring together sensor, guidance, and flight control processing features to complete the mission; Design, develop, and build innovative solutions for our customers; Guaranteed, measurable quality
Industry & Context.
Solving the world’s most complex problems; Algorithm goals and limitations; Complex systems
Active and transferable U. S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date, U. S. citizenship is required, DoD Clearance: Secret, Active and existing security clearance required on day 1, Opportunity to travel for customer collaboration, While in the process of obtaining DoD Top Secret clearance, you will utilize your Secret clearance to support meaningful unclassified and collateral tasks, This job is onsite in Plano, applicants must be in the area or willing to relocate to it, Active and transferable Secret U. S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date, U. S. citizenship is required, Active and transferable U. S. government issued Top Secret security clearance
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other STEM related field and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, Experience in developing, testing, and integrating real-time software applications written in C, C++ or closely related software languages, Development experience on Linux-based systems, Active and transferable Secret U. S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date, U. S. citizenship is required
Nice to Have
Established background in mathematics and signal processing concepts, Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases, Experience with product development utilizing the Scrum techniques of the Agile software development process, Hands-on experience with Git for version control and Gitlab/Jira for repository and issue management, Experience working with massively parallel code streams, Experience with optimized CUDA programming for Nvidia accelerators, Prior work in HPC environments, Experience with MATLAB, Python, and other analysis tools, Active and transferable U. S. government issued Top Secret security clearance
What You'll Do.
Implementing system-level architecture updates
Optimizing low-level code to maximize performance efficiency
Working alongside scientists to understand algorithm goals and limitations
Optimizing software for performance
including parallel processing and leveraging GPUs and other processing accelerators
Utilizing expertise in mathematics and physics to achieve optimal performance
Evolving algorithms originating in Python and MATLAB into optimized C
Modeling and testing new algorithms in high-performance computing (HPC) environments
Scaling processing implementations to run extensive tests and simulations using hundreds to thousands of processing cores
and debugging integrated real-time software within heterogenous systems
Contributing to proposals
Contributing to preliminary and critical design reviews
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work alongside scientists (physicists, mathematicians, signal processing experts, and more); Work within a cross-discipline team to define, refine, and improve product concept, implementation, testability, and guaranteed, measurable quality; Collaboration
Full Job Description
**Date Posted:** 2026-05-18 **Country:** United States of America **Location:** US-TX-PLANO-465 ~ 465 Independence Pkwy ~ INDEPENDENCE **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 Type:** DoD Clearance: Secret **Security Clearance Status:** Active and existing security clearance required on day 1 At RTX, the world 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. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. The Software organization develops software applications, including integration and test on missiles, launchers, radars, naval systems, fire control and other complex systems. Our precision software and firmware integrate operating systems, device drivers, networking, and control software to bring together sensor, guidance, and flight control processing features to complete the mission. The Software org is made up of several Centers located across the country, responsible for all aspects of the software development lifecycle. Our 4000+ software engineers design, develop, and build innovative solutions for our customers. Jo
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