Lead Electrical Engineer, Security-Cleared, Onsite

RTX; Virginia; On-site; USD 118,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Educational assistance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to join the Sterling, Virginia team. This onsite role focuses on designing and integrating optical sensors into automated systems for field environments and national security applications.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to develop system test requirements, plan integration and verification, and support deployed sensor systems.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a STEM degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with 5+ years’ experience.
• Experience conducting system performance analyses and developing technical performance risk mitigation strategies.
• Experience with electrical design of cross‑platform systems, subsystems and components with multiple communication protocols in a networked environment.
• Experience with low‑level programming in Windows and Linux for embedded systems using microcontrollers or PLCs.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical expertise with a multidisciplinary team that executes system design, build, integration and test, training, deployment, and sustainment activities.
• Develop system test requirements and verification plans.
• Plan, execute, and analyze in support of system integration and verification.
• Perform hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing.
• Provide technical support for deployed sensor systems.

Skills

Electrical design

System integration

Hardware-in-the-loop testing

Embedded systems

Windows

Linux

Customer interaction

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PTC Creo

SolidWorks

MS Visio

MS Project

Job description

RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to join the Sterling, Virginia team. This onsite role focuses on designing and integrating optical sensors into automated systems for field environments and national security applications.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to develop system test requirements, plan integration and verification, and support deployed sensor systems.