Digital Hardware Engineer II - High-Speed Defense Systems

Prattwhitney; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Paid vacation

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney in Cedar Rapids, IA, is seeking a Hardware Electrical Engineer II to help develop next-generation digital electronics for defense communications, including software-defined radios and data links. You will oversee the full circuit card lifecycle from requirements to lab verification.

The role requires a STEM degree with 2+ years’ experience, ability to obtain security clearance, and collaboration across a multidisciplinary team. Onsite work with potential relocation.

Qualifications

• Requires degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and typically 2+ years of experience or an advanced degree.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Experience with electrical designs containing digital electronics (processors, FPGAs, high-speed transceivers, DDR, memories).
• Experience with circuit card design, PWB layout constraints, routing, fabrication and assembly.

Responsibilities

• Perform circuit card design lifecycle: requirements capture, schematic capture, design docs, SI analysis, routing guidance, layout review, test plans, root cause analysis, test and integration.
• Design, verify, and troubleshoot digital hardware for communication products using EE principles; may include FPGA/processor usage and interfaces like Ethernet, I2C, SPI, UART.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to meet system performance specs and reliability targets.
• Contribute to development of CCAs, test fixtures, cabling, and production test hardware.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB layout

High-speed digital design

Signal integrity analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Xpedition

Altium

Cadence Allegro

KiCad

EAGLE

Job description

Pratt & Whitney in Cedar Rapids, IA, is seeking a Hardware Electrical Engineer II to help develop next-generation digital electronics for defense communications, including software-defined radios and data links. You will oversee the full circuit card lifecycle from requirements to lab verification.

The role requires a STEM degree with 2+ years’ experience, ability to obtain security clearance, and collaboration across a multidisciplinary team. Onsite work with potential relocation.