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Real Time Embedded Systems Principal Software Engineer P4 (Onsite)

Pratt & Whitney

$101,000 - $203,000
Dec 17, 2025
East Hartford, CT, US
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Pratt & Whitney is looking for dedicated individuals to become a part of their organization, specifically in the Control & Diagnostic Systems (CDS) discipline, to develop and certify military, commercial, and industrial gas turbine engine control and diagnostic systems.

Requirements

  • Experience with software configuration management, issue tracking tools, and agile methodologies.
  • Direct, hands-on experience in the development and troubleshooting of safety-critical embedded software (e.g., compliant with RTCA DO-178C or similar standards).
  • Proven experience in control system software architecture, requirements, and design.
  • Solid experience in C, or assembly language programming.
  • Experience with scripting languages
  • Familiarity with communication protocols such as ARINC429, CAN bus, and the Ethernet communication stack.
  • Experience using logic analyzers, emulators, and specialized test hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Lead projects and people with strong cross-functional integration, ensuring seamless collaboration with other CDS teams and external stakeholders.
  • Provide technical oversight for the team's work on safety-critical embedded software projects.
  • Identify & plan tasks, coordinate daily activities and lead the team to deliver results with cross-functional integration across various engineering disciplines (e.g., control systems, hardware).
  • Demonstrate forward thinking and good decision-making in technical and resource allocation matters, proactively addressing potential roadblocks.
  • Author and review requirements, capture designs, and write low-level software for embedded target processors in C language.
  • Perform software debugging on the target platform and conduct hardware-software integration testing.
  • Interface with the customer to understand and aid in debugging issues at customer test beds.

Other

  • U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
  • 8 years of engineering experience, or an Advanced Degree and 5 years’ experience.
  • Ability to work onsite, with occasional in-person interviews at one of the office locations.
  • Relocation Assistance may be provided.