About the role
From autonomous uncrewed defense systems to next-generation avionics and integrated battle management systems, RTI’s software powers the world’s most demanding real-time platforms. We are looking for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of distributed architecture, deep-dive systems debugging, and direct customer engagement.
As a key member of our Professional Services team, you will act as a trusted technical advisor to leading Aerospace & Defense engineering teams. You will tackle complex distributed systems challenges, optimize microsecond-level deterministic data flows, and ensure mission-critical software performs reliably when failure is not an option.
Learn more about the journey of an Application Engineer here!
✨ What You’ll Do / Responsibilities
- Work directly with customer engineers to design and prototype distributed systems using RTI Connext.
- Debug network, performance, and concurrency bugs across customer codebases and embedded environments.
- Review customer architecture, configuration, and code to catch bottlenecks before deployment.
- Build working proof-of-concept demos and code examples for customer-specific use cases.
- Run technical training sessions and deep-dive design reviews, both remotely and on-site at customer facilities.
- Pass field insights, edge cases, and feature requests directly back to our internal teams.
🎯 What We’re Looking For / Requirements
- 7-10+ years of software engineering or technical customer-facing engineering experience, with a degree in CS, CE, EE, or equivalent practical background.
- Solid development and debugging skills in C and C++.
- Strong working knowledge of Linux, sockets, and network protocols (UDP, TCP, multicast).
- Comfortable using tools like Wireshark and GDB to track down packet loss, latency spikes, or thread deadlocks.
- Able to explain technical trade-offs clearly to other engineers and project leads.
- Willing and able to travel 20–35% to customer sites.
- US Citizenship required*
- *Due to applicable laws, government regulations and contract specifications, we are required to fill this position only with an individual who qualifies as a "U.S. Citizen."
💎 Nice To Have / Preferred Skills
- Prior experience with RTI Connext, DDS, ROS 2, or message brokers like Kafka and MQTT.
- Experience working on defense platforms, avionics, radar, or robotics.
- Familiarity with MOSA open architecture standards (such as FACE or SOSA).