Principal Hardware Design Engineer

RTX; North Tewksbury (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX seeks a Principal Hardware Design Engineer in Massachusetts to design mixed-signal hardware for radar receiver, exciter, and transmitter subsystems. You will collaborate across disciplines, perform electrical analysis, develop tests, and support production transitions.

The role requires strong leadership, project management, and the ability to obtain/maintain US security clearance, with on-site work in MA and occasional travel to sites.

Qualifications

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) required.
• Experience in two or more areas: digital design, RF/analog, production testing.
• Experience with design tools and analytical software.

Responsibilities

• Design and model circuit card assemblies and subsystems.
• Collaborate with systems, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers.
• Translate requirements to production-ready hardware and provide support.
• Lead small design teams or projects and manage cost/schedule implications.
• Travel to MA sites and supplier/customer locations as needed.

Skills

Digital Design

RF/Analog Design

Production testing

Design verification

Mentor Graphics Xpedition

Matlab

Leadership

Security clearance

High-speed interfaces (e.g., JESD204B,

Education

STEM degree (Bachelor's or higher)

Tools

HyperLynx

LTSpice

Mentor Xpedition

MATLAB

Job description

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.

Raytheon's Receiver/Exciter & Processing Architecture (REPA) Department is the focal point for receiver, exciter, beam steering, and signal processing technology in the Raytheon business. The department is responsible for the design, development, integration, support to production builds, and lifecycle support of Raytheon products.

REPA 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 Principal Hardware Design Engineer 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.

The scope of this role includes design of mixed signal hardware to support both new and existing Raytheon products. These design efforts will include collaboration with systems engineers, mechanical engineers, manufacturing engineers, and other electrical engineers to perform design trades and requirements flow down, perform electrical analysis, develop test plans, and ultimately to deliver working hardware that meets program requirements. Technical support during the transition to production and support to production activities are also expected. Team leadership skills including cost and schedule management plus proposal writing and presentation experience are desired.

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 8 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)
• Experience leading a complete design or small team to complete a design
• 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.
• Background in FPGA hardware inference designs including SERDES, LVDS chip-to-chip and board-to-board.
• Experience allocating and flowing down requirements from the system to the component level.
• Experience with cost estimating, plus budget and schedule management.