Hardware Design Engineer II

RTX; North Tewksbury (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX, a leading aerospace and defense company, is hiring an Electrical Engineer II for the Receiver, Exciter & Processing Architecture (REPA) group. The role focuses on digital/analog hardware and subsystem design for radar subsystems, with a path toward production support.

The position is onsite in Massachusetts (Tewksbury or Marlborough) with potential travel to related sites. A DoD Secret clearance is required or must be obtainable, and U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Combined experience in two or more of the following areas: Digital Design, RF/Analog Design, production testing or related areas.

Responsibilities

• Design circuit and subsystem architecture, models, simulations, and verification.
• Perform integration and test at component, card, and subsystem levels.
• Support transfer to production and assist manufacturing/test teams.

Skills

Digital Design

RF/Analog Design

Production testing

Circuit analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

HyperLynx

LTSpice

Matlab

Mentor Graphics Xpedition

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-26

Country: United States of America

Location: US-MA-TEWKSBURY-TB1 ~ 50 Apple Hill Dr ~ ASSABET BLDG

Position Role Type: Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: 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

Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status: Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Receiver, Exciter & Processing Architecture (REPA) Department has an opportunity for an Electrical Engineer who is seeking to use their strong academic background and professional experience in digital/analog hardware and subsystem design to help develop and produce the next generation of Raytheon's Radar Receiver, Exciter, and Transmitter subsystems. The successful candidate to fill this Hardware Design Engineer II role will employ their working knowledge of Circuit Card Assemblies and analytical skills to design and develop products with application in signal processing, command, and control.

What You Will Do :

• Circuit and sub-system architecture, design, modeling, simulation, and verification.
• Integration and test at component, CCA, and subsystem levels.
• Transition to production and technical support to manufacturing and test engineers.
• Occasional travel to supplier, integration, and customer sites may be required.
• Opportunities to manage small projects or processes within area of responsibility.
• This 1st shift role will be 100% on-site & based in either Tewksbury, MA or Marlborough, MA, with travel between multiple MA sites anticipated.

Qualifications You Must Have :

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Combined experience in two or more of the following areas: Digital Design (Requirements development through Build and Test)
• RF/Analog Design (Requirements development through Build and Test)
• Production testing and troubleshooting circuits
• Experience with design simulation tools (e.g., HyperLynx, LTSpice) and analytical tools (e.g., Matlab)
• Experience with design development tools (e.g., Mentor Graphics' Xpedition schematic capture and layout)

The ability to obtain and maintain an Interim Secret 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.

Qualifications We Prefer :

• Experience interfacing and testing with testing Digital to Analog Converters (D/A) and Analog to Digital Converters (A/D).
• Experience with various digital high-speed interfaces such as JESD204B, Memory (DDR3, DDR4), SERDES, 10G+ Ethernet, Fiber Channel.
• Experience with FPGA hardware inference designs including SERDES, LVDS chip-to-chip and board-to-board.
• Experience with allocating and flowing down requirements from the system to the component level.
• Experience with cost estimating, plus budget and schedule management.
• Experience working in a laboratory environment using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, phase noise analyzer (PNA), and spectrum analyzer to test and verify the functions of digital and mixed signal circuits and systems.
• Experience in a production environment.
• Experience in technical writing, proposal writing, and oral presentations.
• Active / Existing Secret U.S. Security