Tactical Data Link Engineer Jobs in Indiana (NOW HIRING)

Date Posted:
2026-08-06
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-IN-FT WAYNE-150A ~ 1010 Production Rd ~ BLDG 150A
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Security Clearance Type:
DoD Clearance: Secret
Security Clearance Status:
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1
Raytheon Company Managed by Collins Aerospace
Position contingent upon contract award
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 Senior Software Engineer to work on the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) International programs as part of the Software Engineering department at our Fort Wayne, Indiana office site. This is an excellent opportunity to join the fast paced and exciting Raytheon/Collins team. Success in this position will enhance the reach of the AFATDS International family of products throughout the world.
The successful candidate is expected to work in a team environment under the guidance of a team leader to develop implementation of software requirements for various Fire Support Command and Control (C2) software products, including, but not limited to, the development of future capabilities required for advanced battlefield situations and may also serve as a sub-team lead or Scrum Master, helping coordinate day-to-day technical activities, ensuring alignment with sprint goals, and supporting agile development practices.
What You Will Do

• Implement AFATDS software capabilities for new and/or updated requirements
• Identify, analyze, and remedy bugs in the existing AFATDS software
• Path find future software capabilities involving AI toolsets and algorithms
• Work with a technical mentor utilizing a defined project plan and milestones
• Act as a Scrum Master when needed, facilitating agile processes and effective communication.
• Serve as a sub-team leader by coordinating technical tasks and ensuring program alignment.

What You Will Learn

• Working in a team environment
• Experience working on disciplined engineering challenges and tasks
• Developing Fire Support C2 software in Ada and Java
• Leading people

Qualifications You Must Have

• Experience with one or more build tools / IDEs (e.g. CMake, make, Visual Studio, VS Code, etc.), using development workflow tools such as JIRA, Git, Subversion, Docker, and requirements management applications, Object Oriented programing languages with C++ or Java.
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.

Qualifications We Prefer

• AI/ML, Data Science and SW Development experience preferred

What We Offer

• 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 you can buy 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.
• May be eligible for relocation.
• And more!

Learn More & Apply Now!
Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? 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. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.
*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
Onsite: Employees who are working 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.
Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.
Employee Referral Eligible
Raytheon Company Managed by Collins Aerospace
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.
We have an opportunity for a Senior Principal Software Architect to join a cohort of 20+ talented software engineers in developing our Very Low Frequency (VLF) solution for the military. The government has requested a need for greater cyber security threat protection, software assurance, improvement in availability and reliability while harnessing the latest technologies for rapid development and deployment.
Sign On Bonus Eligible
What You Will Do:

• Work collaboratively both within the software team, as well as with systems and hardware engineers to design and develop our solution to control and monitor mission critical VLF transmitters
• Define, evolve, and optimize software and simulation design across mission-critical embedded platforms
• Serve as technical lead for cross-functional development, driving software solutions to systems and hardware engineers while ensuring development team understands platform and hardware constraints
• Mentor and guide engineering teams in architectural best practices, modularity, code structure, and performance tradeoffs in real-time systems
• Identify areas for optimization and collaborate on architecture-level decisions along with other software Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to meet system constraints
• Define software requirements and Unified Modeling Language (UML) design diagrams within a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tool
• Develop and integrate multi-threaded embedded software using C and C++ within a Real Time Operating System (RTOS)
• Support integration and verification within our automated test framework (gtest, python, JSON)
• Enhance simulation elements to reflect new hardware capabilities
• Drive technical design and software development practices to meet stringent Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
• Support document updates to meet customer Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL)
• Provide insight on future scope, task assignments, and process improvements within our Agile cadence

What You Will Learn:

• Full software development lifecycle within defense industry
• Agile development within a classified environment
• Integration and validation on a variety of hardware controller cards
• Best practices in secure software coding on embedded systems
• Opportunity to grow into Technical Lead or Product Owner

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Extensive experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS), including development, debugging, and performance optimization of embedded software applications
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), system decomposition, and interface control across disciplines
• Experience with software lifecycle processes, configuration control, and change management in high-integrity development environments
• Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with multithreading, memory management, and performance optimization in complex environments
• Experience in secure coding practices
• Experience with hardware-software integration and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing
• Experience with development tool sets, including Jira, Git, Visual Studio Code, cmake
• Experience with Qt framework and development tools to generate C++ and QML code
• Ability to read electrical schematics and understand system-level hardware interfaces
• Expertise in Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) that support C++-based application frameworks

What We Offer:
Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• 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 you can buy 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 assistance
• And more!

Learn More & Apply Now!
Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? 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. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.
*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
This is an Onsite role: Employees who are working 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.
Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.
Employee Referral Eligible
#MISENG
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 for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD. 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