Senior Principal Electrical Power Architect, Missile Guidance

RTX; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX's Advanced Effectors Guidance Systems department seeks a Senior Principal Electrical Subsystem Architect to lead architecture for next‑gen missile guidance, control, and sensing electronics. You'll define high‑reliability power conditioning, energy delivery, batteries, and precision analog subsystems for extreme environments, guiding designs from concept to production and mentoring teams.

This onsite, U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• 10+ years in power electronics, analog/mixed-signal design, or high-reliability electronics development.
• Enterprise/cross-company architecture development.
• Proficiency with SPICE simulation, modeling tools and power/analog design best practices.
• Experience evaluating platform power requirements for weapon integration.

Responsibilities

• Chair technical reviews and set strategy across programs.
• Own cross-subsystem interfaces and resolve complex issues.
• Provide governance across partner/supplier efforts; act as technical authority.
• Architect high‑reliability power systems for guidance electronics.
• Lead power architecture studies, technology evaluations and down‑selections.
• Coordinate with systems engineering, digital design, RF, and manufacturing.

Skills

Power electronics

Analog design

High-reliability design

Systems architecture

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

SPICE simulation

Modeling tools

Power electronics design tools

Job description

RTX's Advanced Effectors Guidance Systems department seeks a Senior Principal Electrical Subsystem Architect to lead architecture for next‑gen missile guidance, control, and sensing electronics. You'll define high‑reliability power conditioning, energy delivery, batteries, and precision analog subsystems for extreme environments, guiding designs from concept to production and mentoring teams.

This onsite, U.S.