Crypto Embedded Software Engineer

Position Information

Date Posted: 2025-12-10

Country: United States of America

Location: CA222: 2006 E El Segundo Blvd BldgE04, 2006 East El Segundo Boulevard Building E04, El Segundo, CA, 90245 USA

Role Type: Onsite

Security Clearance: Secret

• Current

Salary Range: $112,000 USD - $224,000 USD

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

About the Company

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Collins Aerospace is seeking a dynamic and experienced Crypto Embedded Software Engineer to join the Secure Processing Software team in El Segundo, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The Secure Processing Software team contributes to programs that save lives and enable the freedoms we enjoy. Our dynamic engineers develop demanding, trusted, and superior solutions to make the world a safer place.

What You Will Do

• Architecture, design, development, integration, and testing of embedded software for a network security appliance, including device management software, communication protocols, device drivers, and control plane security features
• Work closely with a team of software engineers to ensure implementation meets the product requirements
• Socialize designs with team and integrate suggestions and changes as appropriate
• Unit test software components to ensure module-level functionality and data structure consistency
• Participate in design and implementation/code reviews of other team members
• Work with implementation teams to derive and document appropriate designs for the problem space
• Create required project documentation in support of contract deliverables, including development plans, requirement and design specifications, and test documents
• Independently manage time and prioritize tasks to achieve results within cost and schedule constraints

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience in large complex software/hardware developments
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
• Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with software development using a high-level programming language (Rust, C/C++, Python) as well as hardware-software integration in real-time embedded systems
• Crypto Algorithm experience
• Understanding of network security protocols and algorithms (e.g. TLS, SSL, encryption, OpenSSL, X.509 Certificates, etc.)
• Experience with Key Management Infrastructure (KMI-3300) and Over-The-Network-Keying (OTNK), and SysML & UML modeling tools
• Control plane implementation for Ethernet based Network Appliances
• Amazon Web Service virtual environment development

Benefits

• 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: 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
• Eligible for relocation

Additional Information

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.

Employees in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products. 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.

Please ensure the role type is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

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 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.

Employee Referral Eligible

Equal Opportunity

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual 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.