Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - Computing Products (Onsite)

Collins Aerospace; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 132,400 - 251,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) plan with employer matching

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance and disability coverage

Employee Assistance Plan with counseling sessions

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is seeking a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to join the Computing Products Hardware team. This role involves defining product-level hardware architectures, mentoring less-experienced engineers, and ensuring strict compliance with DO-160 and DO-254 standards. The ideal candidate will possess a degree in STEM and significant experience in schematic capture and PCB layout. The position offers comprehensive benefits including medical insurance and a generous 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in STEM and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
• Schematic capture of digital/analog mixed-signal electrical circuit designs.
• PCB layout experience.
• Experience with hardware/software/systems integration.

Responsibilities

• Define product-level hardware architectures for embedded computing solutions.
• Mentor and develop less-experienced engineers.
• Ensure compliance to DO-160 and DO-254 standards.

Skills

Schematic capture of digital/analog mixed-signal electrical circuit designs

PCB layout experience

Experience with hardware/software/systems integration

Education

Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)

Advanced Degree in a related field

Job description

Location: United States, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Position: Senior Principal Electrical Engineer (Onsite)

We are looking for an innovative and highly driven Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Computing Products Hardware team within the Displays, Computing & Networking Directorate. In this role, you’ll help shape the future of avionics by architecting and delivering advanced hardware solutions that power data concentration, high‑performance I/O processing, application hosting, and synthetic vision across military, commercial, business, and regional aircraft.

You will be a key technical leader implementing next‑generation processing technologies into safety‑critical systems used around the world. From early concept and requirements definition through design, verification, certification, and sustainment, you will influence every phase of the hardware development lifecycle.

What You Will Do:

• Define product‑level hardware architectures for cutting‑edge embedded computing solutions
• Serve as architecture and design authority throughout the entire development lifecycle
• Lead Requirements and Architectural Reviews (RARs) and drive technical clarity across teams
• Mentor and develop less‑experienced engineers
• Establish standard work, design methodologies, and best practices across the department
• Act as a subject matter expert in technical reviews, non‑advocate reviews, and lifecycle artifact evaluations
• Support products from concept through production, including factory engagement and fielded system support
• Drive component obsolescence strategies and long‑term design sustainability
• Lead requirements capture, validation, and verification for complex electronics
• Execute and guide microprocessor and FPGA‑based circuit board design (schematic capture, part selection, simulation)
• Oversee complex PCB layout activities to ensure performance, manufacturability, and reliability
• Develop designs optimized for cost, manufacturability (DFM), and testability (DFT)
• Ensure strict compliance to DO‑160 and DO‑254 standards across all hardware development activities
• Present technical content confidently to peers, leadership, and external customers
• Prepare certification artifacts and package submittals for TSO, PMA, and other regulatory approvals

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
• Schematic capture of digital/analog mixed‑signal electrical circuit designs
• PCB layout experience
• Experience with hardware/software/systems integration

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience as a technical lead with the ability to work collaboratively and provide project leadership
• Ability to architect complex embedded system designs involving microprocessors, FPGAs, graphics processors, and memory
• Ability to serve as design authority, ensuring complex requirements and system‑level objectives are met
• Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, software, and integrated system interactions
• Hands‑on lab experience working with complex engineering and test equipment
• Experience with PowerPC, Intel, and ARM architectures
• PCB layout expertise
• Experience implementing designs in compliance with DO‑160 and DO‑254 standards; familiarity with DO‑297
• Formal qualification experience, including DO‑160
• Experience bringing products through civil certification paths (TSO, PMA, TC, etc.)
• Experience interfacing with manufacturing teams and processes
• Understanding of Design to Cost (DTC+), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), and Design for Test (DFT)

What We Offer:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

Salary range: 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD.

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.

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.