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Date Posted: 2026-03-30 Country: India Location: IN-KA-BENGALURU-NORTHGATE ~ Sy No 2/2 Venkatala Village ~ SY NO 2/2 VENKATALA VILLAGE, Yelahanka Hobli Position Role Type: Hybrid Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future. Pratt & Whitney’s Controls & Diagnostic Systems (CDS) is a dynamic engineering organization focused on the development, certification and maintenance of aircraft engine control and diagnostic systems and software. The software department at the India Engineering Center (IEC)’s focus is on supporting and owning sections of the control and prognostic software development, test and certification activities. We are seeking highly motivated, team oriented, and results driven engineers to join the India Engineering Center’s Control and Diagnostic Systems organization. The software development follows both Agile and waterfall approaches. The qualified candidate will be responsible for: Play a critical role in safety critical aerospace software development to DO-178B/C standards Participate in software planning, estimating and tracking Manage software artifacts change using configuration and change management tools Decompose system level and customer requirements into software requirements and designs Document traceability or rationale for derived requirements and designs Conduct iterative prototype testing of requirements and designs Perform requirement and design reviews Development of high level and low-level software verification artifacts including structural coverage analysis and gap closure Create problem reports for all failed test cases and issues identified with the product Support a conduct root cause analysis and corrective and preventative actions for escapes or impactful turnbacks or defects Prepare software certification documents Lead SOI activities with P&W Support program management, team, and customer status reviews when required Participate in process and tool improvement initiatives Additional responsibility of providing technical guidance, mentoring and managing a small team of engineers in her/his functional capacity Education : BE in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Masters preferred Basic Qualifications : Minimum of 14 years of relevant experience in safety critical embedded control system and software development. Experience with Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow toolset for software design and code generation Good working experience in C/C , Assembly Programming, Python Familiarity with ARINC429, CAN bus communication protocols and the Ethernet communication stack Familiarity with engine control and diagnostic system, and control logic design and testing Hands-on experience in the development and troubleshooting of safety critical embedded software on target processors Knowledge of SW Verification & Validation using Hardware-in-loop test hardware and benches Solid track record of achieving results in a technical role Prior experience in leading complete Embedded Control Software Design Life Cycle Ability to work in a dynamic, high pressure, flexible and global engineering environment Prior experience developing software in an Agile framework preferred Prior experience in coordinating and leading the team in Software Quality Audits Excellent cross-discipline communication skills Ability to create, track, consolidate and report program matrices to higher management. In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is: Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. This means that responsibilities of the job need to be performed onsite on a regular basis Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility 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. Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.