Senior Electrical Engineer - Digital Design

Prattwhitney; North Tewksbury (MA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Holidays

Job summary

RTX in Massachusetts is seeking an experienced Hardware Electrical Engineer to design, analyze, test, and integrate digital electronic modules and circuit card assemblies for aerospace and defense applications. You will take hardware designs from requirements through verification and production, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role requires a Bachelor's in STEM and at least 5 years of digital circuit design experience. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Professional experience with digital circuit design.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, simulate, test, integrate, and troubleshoot digital electronic modules and circuit card assemblies.
• Take hardware designs from requirements and block diagrams through detailed design, verification, testing, and integration.
• Work with processors, FPGAs, memory, and industry-standard interfaces including PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and UART.
• Troubleshoot existing hardware, analyze failures, determine root causes, and develop solutions to challenging technical problems.
• Collaborate with electrical, systems, mechanical, software, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, and quality engineers to deliver reliable hardware that meets demanding requirements.
• Work with sub-tier suppliers to resolve technical and production issues.
• Use simulation, analysis tools, and electronic test equipment to validate hardware performance.
• Take ownership of assigned tasks and projects while working with a high degree of autonomy.
• Communicate technical information through clear documentation and formal presentations.
• Travel less than 10% annually.

Skills

Digital circuit design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Job description

At RTX, we bring together some of the brightest minds in aerospace and defense to solve challenges that others cannot. At Raytheon, your engineering work helps develop technologies that protect our nation and allies and support critical missions around the world. Raytheon’s Hardware Electrical Engineering team designs, validates, qualifies, and supports production of digital electronic circuit cards and electronic units used in demanding aerospace and defense applications. Our hardware is designed to perform in some of the most extreme environments imaginable—from the freezing vacuum of space to the intense heat of the desert and the pressures of the ocean depths.

What You’ll Do

• Design, analyze, simulate, test, integrate, and troubleshoot digital electronic modules and circuit card assemblies.
• Take hardware designs from requirements and block diagrams through detailed design, verification, testing, and integration.
• Work with processors, FPGAs, memory, and industry-standard interfaces including PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and UART.
• Troubleshoot existing hardware, analyze failures, determine root causes, and develop solutions to challenging technical problems.
• Collaborate with electrical, systems, mechanical, software, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, and quality engineers to deliver reliable hardware that meets demanding requirements.
• Work with sub-tier suppliers to resolve technical and production issues.
• Use simulation, analysis tools, and electronic test equipment to validate hardware performance.
• Take ownership of assigned tasks and projects while working with a high degree of autonomy.
• Communicate technical information through clear documentation and formal presentations.
• Travel less than 10% annually.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Professional experience with digital circuit design.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience in taking a hardware design from concept, requirements, or block diagram through development, verification, testing, and system integration.
• Analyzing existing designs, troubleshooting hardware failures, and identifying root causes.
• Digital electronics and mixed-signal electronics, including RF, analog, and power interfaces.
• Digital electronics simulation and analysis tools.
• Electronic test equipment and hardware validation.
• Processors, FPGAs, memory, and high-speed or industry-standard interfaces.
• Working with sub-tier suppliers to resolve technical and production challenges.
• Technical writing and formal presentations.
• The Aerospace and Defense product development lifecycle.

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret. Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.

This role can be onsite for the Tewksbury, MA location or the Marlborough, MA location.

Onsite: 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 As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

Work Schedule: 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off)

Relocation Assistance

What We Offer

• 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
• 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.

The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD.

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.

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 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.

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.