Senior Principal RF Design Engineer

Prattwhitney; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 132,400 - 251,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

401(k) match

Flexible work schedules

Paid time off

Job summary

Prattwhitney in Tucson, AZ is looking for a skilled RF Design Engineer to develop RF and Microwave hardware for tactical missile programs. This role requires extensive RF design experience and involves various tasks such as circuit card assembly design, component characterization, and working with interdisciplinary teams.

Preferred candidates will have leadership experience and a strong background in design for manufacturability. The position offers a competitive salary range and comprehensive benefits including relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience with RF design and fabrication.
• Proven ability in RF test and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop transmitters, receivers, or exciters.
• Work in a lab to accomplish component characterization.
• Perform schematic capture and RF routing.

Skills

RF design and fabrication

RF test and troubleshooting

Simulation of RF products

Mentor DX Designer or equivalent

High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS)

Matlab or Python scripting

Education

Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)

Tools

SystemVue/Genesys

Advanced Design System (ADS)

Job description

Position Overview

Effector RF Design Department is responsible for designing RF and Microwave hardware, including transmitters, receivers, and exciters. This includes design and test activities that span preliminary design to integration. Products we develop support radar and datalink applications on a variety of tactical missile programs. Critical to this role is designing for challenging mechanical constraints and extreme environments. This position is an onsite role, located in Tucson, AZ.

What You Will Do

• Design and develop transmitters, receivers, or exciters.
• Design circuit card assemblies (CCAs) with RF or mixed signals.
• Work in a lab to accomplish component characterization as well as module verification and integration.
• Test and handle sensitive RF hardware.
• Perform schematic capture and RF routing.
• Partner with interdisciplinary teams - power, digital, mechanical, etc.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of ten years of prior relevant experience, including any combination of the following:
• RF design and fabrication
• RF test and troubleshooting
• Simulation of RF products
• Experience with any of the following tools: Mentor DX Designer or equivalent, High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) or equivalent, SystemVue/Genesys or equivalent, Advanced Design System (ADS) or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Mentorship or apprenticeship experience
• Technical oversight responsibilities for less‑senior engineers
• Working across domains on complex projects
• Architecting and requirements definition for complex RF products
• Team lead experience on technical projects including experience with cost and schedule, EVMS or CAM
• Ability to prepare documentation with minimal oversight
• Background in designing for manufacturability, producibility, and cost constraints, including yield and margin analysis
• Technical background in cascade analysis and/or frequency planning
• Filter design and fabrication
• Circuit card assembly design and fabrication
• Testing or designing RF hybrid (chip and wire) technologies
• High‑speed data converter test/characterization
• High‑power RF design or test experience
• Scripting experience (Matlab or Python)
• Some front‑line leadership desirable

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 based on candidate eligibility. The salary range for this role is 132,400USD - 251,600USD. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including 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, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent on the specific business unit and on whether 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, dependent on level and coverage.

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 anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. 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, veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class.