Principal Digital Hardware Design Engineer

RTX (Raytheon); Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX's Effector Digital Products (EDP) department seeks a Principal Digital Design Engineer to join the team in Tucson, AZ. The role focuses on digital electronics design and analysis for missile guidance, video and DSP, using high-speed digital logic, FPGAs and mixed designs.

This 100% onsite position requires a STEM degree and extensive experience, plus the ability to take concepts from requirements to hardware and verification; DoD Secret clearance is required, relocation assistance is

Qualifications

• Degree in STEM with 8+ years of digital circuit design experience.
• Experience designing electronic circuits and verification from concept to hardware.
• PCB design experience and schematic capture/simulation.

Responsibilities

• Design digital electronics circuits for missile guidance, video, and DSP.
• Develop hardware with processors, FPGAs, memory, and interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, UART).

Skills

Digital circuit design

FPGA design

PCB design

Verilog/VHDL

Test & verification

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

DxDesigner

XDX Designer VX

Xilinx Vivado

Xpedition

Mentor Graphics

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.

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.

• 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 of 8 years of engineering digital circuit design experience to include at least 2 of the following: Development and design of electronic circuit designs, mult
• 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 design process 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

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

This position offers relocation

Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role:

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