Senior Principal Acoustics Signal Processing Engineer

2026-06-10

United States of America

US-RI-MIDDLETOWN-201 ~ 127 John Clarke Rd ~ BBN MIDDLETOWN, Ste 3

Onsite

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​

• Education: Bachelor’s, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline.
• Experience: 10+ years of professional engineering experience in real-time environments.
• Core Software Expertise: Extensive, hands-on development experience using real-time C/C++.
• Modeling & Simulation: Extensive experience with MATLAB programming for algorithm design, prototyping, and data analysis.
• Signal Processing Foundation: Extensive professional experience applying core and advanced Signal Processing concepts.
• Mobility: Willingness and ability to travel to support field testing, system evaluations, or customer integration events.
• Security Clearance: An active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance is required.

• Acoustics Expertise: Prior experience working with underwater acoustics, sonar systems, or marine environment processing.
• Modern AI Pipelines: Experience implementing machine learning techniques directly utilized within a Detection, Classification, Localization, and Tracking (DCLT) pipeline.

DoD Clearance: Secret

Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

RTX Corporation 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 Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 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, VA.   

For more than 70 years, scientists and engineers in a wide ranging disciplines at RTX BBN Technologies have collaborated to solve real-world problems through research, exploration, development and prototyping. We partner with the best technical talent in academia and industry to challenge the status quo, pioneer new technologies, and create transformative solutions. Our culture enables all employees to find purpose, thrive, and succeed. By creating an environment where all opinions are valued, risk-taking is encouraged, and excellence is rewarded, we allow our employees to do their best, most important work. We offer industry-leading benefits including 100% paid tuition program, a generous 401k company match, a Retirement Contribution, performance-based incentive plans, an onsite gym and game room, paid parental leave, paid time off and all kinds of employee discounts.

• →Develop Sophisticated Algorithms: Design and evolve advanced detection and classification algorithms start-of-the-art systems.
• →Optimize Sensor Systems: Design and implement complex software architectures specifically tailored to optimize sensor system lifecycle and execution.
• →Mission-Critical Evaluation: Support the real-time evaluation and hardware-in-the-loop testing of your designs in realistic, high-fidelity mission scenarios.
• →Maximize Architecture Performance: Optimize algorithm architecture and execution frameworks to achieve the highest possible computational performance on embedded targets.

• →Advanced Defense Frameworks: Deepen your technical edge by working alongside industry experts on next-generation detection systems.
• →Cross-Functional System Integration: Learn how large-scale, complex sensor suites integrate real-time software with complex physical hardware environments.
• →Technical Leadership: Scale your expertise by guiding architectural decisions and mentoring junior engineering talent within complex project lifecycles.

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