Principal Digital Hardware Design Engineer

RTX; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

RTX's Effector Digital Products (EDP) department in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Principal Digital Design Engineer. This onsite role designs digital electronics modules for missile applications, including processors, FPGAs, memory, and standard interfaces.

You will contribute across design, verification, and integration from proposal through production. The candidate will work with high-speed digital electronics and multi-processor architectures, ensuring reliable, production-ready CCAs and PCB

Qualifications

• Typically requires a STEM degree and 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in designing digital circuit hardware for missile applications preferred.
• Ability to take a design from requirements to production verification.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, simulate, test, and integrate digital modules for missile applications.
• Develop hardware designs with processors, FPGAs, memory, and interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, UART).
• Lead verification and test across the hardware lifecycle.

Skills

Processor designs

FPGA design

Digital circuit design

Memory design

PCIe interfaces

Ethernet

I2C

SPI

UART

System integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Mentor Graphics Design Creation

DxDesigner

Vivado

Xpedition Enterprise

HyperLynx

CES

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-15

Country: United States of America

Location: US-AZ-TUCSON-M02 ~ 1151 E Hermans Rd ~ BLDG M02

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 Effector Digital Products (EDP) department designs digital electronic circuit cards and electronic units which are supported from proposal through transition to production. Our systems are subject to environments ranging from the frigid, sub-zero vacuum of space to the blistering heat of the desert floor, to the high pressures of the ocean depths.

The Digital, RF and Power Team is seeking a Principal Digital Design Engineer with digital electronics design and analysis skills to join our team.

This position is 100% ONSITE in Tucson, Arizona.

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.

This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm

Tucson, AZ: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-tucson,-az-location

What You Will Do

We are looking for candidates willing to collaborate, innovate, and team with our engineers to generate and utilize today’s cutting-edge technology to design digital electronics circuits that implement missile guidance, video and digital signal processing. Our technology base includes high-speed digital electronics, configurable logic, and homogeneous / heterogeneous multiprocessor designs.

The Principal Digital Design Engineer is responsible for the design, analysis, simulation, test, and integration of digital electronic modules and/or CCAs for Missile applications. The candidate should be experienced in all aspects of circuit card design including:

• hardware designs with processors
• FPGAs
• memory
• industry interfaces, such as PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and UART

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
• Minimum of8 years of engineering digital circuit design experience to include at least 2 of the following:
  • Development and design of electronic circuit designs, multi-assembly system/unit design
  • Ability to take a design concept from the block diagram or requirements level to development of a complete hardware design, and verification via test and integration
  • Experience with PCB designprocess and expertise in tools used to design (schematic capture), analyze and simulate designs prior to hardware execution.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• Experience with embedded test techniques, design for test, design margin analysis and design for production for complex circuit card assemblies between 16 and 32 layers
• Experience using Mentor Graphics Design Creation(Siemens EDA)tools: DxDesigner, xDX Designer VX, and Xilinx (Zynq Ultrascale, Vivado, Atrix)
• Experience using PCB electronic circuit design software: HyperLynx signal integrity, power integrity, and analog simulation, Xpedition Enterprise (xPCB)
• Constraint Editor System (CES)
• Experience with FPGA code development or software
• Experience leading a program transition from development to production
• Experience managing technical/schedule risks to identify cost reduction opportunities to meet assigned deadlines
• Experience with intellectual property generation (patents & publications)

What We Offer

• This position offers relocation

This salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 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 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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