Date Posted:
2026-09-01Country:
IndiaLocation:
IN-KA-BENGALURU-NORTHGATE ~ Sy No 2/2 Venkatala Village ~ SY NO 2/2 VENKATALA VILLAGE, Yelahanka HobliPosition Role Type:
HybridPrincipal Engineer – Safety-Critical Embedded Software (Avionics)
Shape the Future of Aerospace with Collins Aerospace
At RTX, one of the world's largest aerospace and defense companies, over 185,000 innovators are driven by a shared purpose—to solve the world's toughest engineering challenges and create technologies that connect and protect people around the globe.
As part of Collins Aerospace, you'll join a team that's redefining the future of aviation through advanced avionics, intelligent systems, and safety-critical technologies. Our solutions power virtually every aircraft in the sky, enabling safer, smarter, and more efficient flight.
If you're passionate about building mission-critical embedded software that meets the highest standards of safety and reliability, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.
Principal Engineer – Safety-Critical Embedded Software
What You'll Do
As a Principal Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, development, and validation of safety-critical avionics software for next-generation aerospace platforms.
Your responsibilities will include:
Develop and validate complex safety-critical embedded software applications.
Lead software development across the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Analyze customer and system requirements, translating them into high-level and low-level software requirements.
Define software architecture, design approaches, and verification strategies.
Develop and review software test plans, test cases, and validation procedures.
Ensure compliance with aerospace certification standards and engineering best practices.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Systems Engineering, Verification & Validation, Certification, and Program Management.
Drive technical excellence while mentoring engineers and contributing to continuous process improvements.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, or a related STEM discipline.
12+ years of experience in embedded software development, preferably within the aerospace or other safety-critical industries.
8+ Years of Strong knowledge of aerospace software certification standards:
DO-178
ARP4754A
6+ Years of Solid understanding of avionics communication protocols:
ARINC 429
AFDX
ARINC 653
ARINC 615A
8+ Years of Strong expertise in software lifecycle processes, requirements engineering, and verification methodologies.
7+ Years of Experience deriving software requirements from customer and system-level requirements.
8+ Years of Proven experience defining software verification and validation strategies.
Preferred Qualifications
6+ Years of Hands-on embedded software development experience using C++.
Programming experience in embedded systems and scripting languages.
Knowledge of Flight Management Systems (FMS).
Exposure to aerospace certification and regulatory compliance processes.
Strong analytical, communication, and technical leadership skills.
Why Join Collins Aerospace?
At Collins Aerospace, your work directly impacts millions of passengers and defense personnel worldwide. You'll collaborate with some of the industry's brightest minds to solve complex engineering challenges while advancing technologies that make aviation safer and more sustainable.
What We Offer
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
Group Health, Life & Personal Accident Insurance
National Pension Scheme (NPS)
18 days annual vacation plus 12 days contingency leave
Leave Travel Allowance (LTA)
Car Lease Program
Fuel & Maintenance reimbursement
Driver wage support
Meal vouchers
Employee Scholar Program
Flexible and supportive work environment
Learning, leadership, and career growth opportunities
Inclusive culture that values innovation, collaboration, and diversity
Be Part of What's Next
At Collins Aerospace, we're not just building aerospace systems—we're redefining what's possible. If you're ready to work on technologies that shape the future of flight, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us redefine aerospace.
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.
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Who We Are
At RTX, we're a diverse team of explorers united in our goal to push the boundaries of known science – and solve the world's most complex problems. We design. We engineer. We code. We research. We patent. We test. We learn. We iterate. We manufacture. We produce. We are advancing aviation, building smarter defense systems and creating innovations to take us deeper into space. Progress is not inevitable. It is initiated – by tirelessly asking the hard questions and finding answers. Progress defines the future and defines us – because the progress we make matters.
Diversity
RTX solves some of the toughest challenges in aerospace and defense. That requires expansive thinking and bold innovation – and that, in turn, requires a culture that is diverse, equitable and inclusive.
We embrace individuality and diversity of thought to fuel opportunity for our employees, our customers and our communities. We work toward progress, knowing that a more inclusive world is critical to our mission. Not just in this moment, but always.
To build a diverse and harmonious team, we are guided by key pillars of action that we are committed to achieving. These include:
Workforce Diversity: We are connected to communities around the world. Being a good neighbor means investing our resources to help everyone thrive. Additionally, we have found that providing employees with opportunities to volunteer helps promote leadership development and reduces attrition.
Community Engagement: We are connected to communities around the world. Being a good neighbor means investing our resources to help everyone thrive. Additionally, we have found that providing employees with opportunities to volunteer helps promote leadership development and reduces attrition.
Supplier Diversity: We support local economic growth by creating high value jobs through our operations and helping our suppliers do the same. This includes small and diverse businesses, which are often the economic growth engine of communities.
Public Policy: We advocate for issues that matter to our company and stakeholders, and we use our company's size and scale to advance equity in education, encourage social justice reform and elevate economic policies that support equality.
Commitment to Military
At RTX, we know and value the strategic and tactical talents that only veterans and military spouses can offer. We are dedicated to hiring US Military Veterans and their spouses – whether you’re a veteran, a reserve member, military spouse or transitioning from active duty to a civilian career. Our military veterans work across all disciplines. They lead our business, engineer our products and manage our supply chain.
As part of a tight-knit team that values your determination and resourcefulness, you'll do work that has an enormous impact on customers across the globe. We offer an array of programs to help you transition to your civilian career, connect with colleagues and give back to your community. The skills you developed during your military career have served you well – and they're just as valuable now. If you're ready to help us create trusted, innovative solutions for a safer, more connected world, join our talent community and an RTX representative will contact you if they have a matching job opportunity. This is the moment your next mission begins. To assist you in joining our team, we have developed a hiring guide specifically for veterans and military spouses.
Our benefits are uniquely designed to support veterans and military spouses. They encompass health and wellness plans, retirement savings, income and asset protection, work-life balance with flexible arrangements and paid time off (PTO), relocation assistance, and tuition support.
Internships and Leadership Development Programs
Our internship and co-op programs provide an experiential learning opportunity as you work on complex challenges and projects. Bonus: Many positions offer the potential opportunity to convert to full-time employment upon graduation.
Our Leadership Development Program (LDP) provides an exceptional foundation for you to forge valuable relationships and gain multiple pathways to leadership. As a future leader, you'll play a vital role in helping RTX redefine aerospace and defense. Participants can apply to one of multiple functional disciplines listed below:
- Global Communications
- Contracts
- Digital
- Engineering
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Operations and Supply Chain