
Communication Systems Interface Engineer
RTX
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Rockford • Colorado • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $68,900 - $131,100 per year
About the role
- Support design and development of communication and interface solutions for power distribution systems across hardware, software, and test areas
- Assist in defining interface I/O and communications strategies and contribute to design decisions
- Decompose system-level requirements into actionable hardware, software, and test requirements to ensure alignment and efficiency
- Perform project estimation, defining scope, staffing needs, cost drivers, and schedule impacts for interface development tasks
- Participate in Agile planning, sprint execution, backlog refinement, and cross-team coordination
- Track progress, risks, and dependencies across engineering teams, ensuring milestones are met and communicated effectively
- Develop, monitor, and manage budgets, earned value, and resource allocation for interface development efforts
- Create and maintain multi-year technology roadmaps for data bus strategies, interface architectures, tool improvements, automation, and test capabilities
- Identify opportunities to mature communication technologies, improve development efficiency, and streamline integration workflows
- Drive innovation in data bus technologies (ARINC, CAN, 1553, AFDX, Ethernet), modeling tools, and verification methods
- Contribute to performance feedback, skill development planning, and technical career growth for the team
- Participate in design reviews and support efforts to maintain engineering quality and continuous improvement
- Develop interface verification strategies, simulation approaches, and system-level test plans
- Support hands-on integration and testing in system labs to verify electrical behavior, data bus communication, and system interoperability
- Direct root-cause investigations, troubleshooting activities, and corrective-action implementation
- Contribute to maintaining ICDs, I/O signal definitions, and data path documentation
- Ensure traceability and configuration control across DOORS, Synergy, and Agile artifacts
- Present schedule updates, risk assessments, architectural decisions, and integration results to leadership and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field
- Electrical engineering background with hands-on experience in aerospace communication standards (ARINC 664/AFDX, ARINC 429, ARINC 825/CAN, MIL-STD-1553B, ARINC 629)
- Experience designing, analyzing, or verifying Ethernet or CAN communication hardware
- Strong understanding of signal integrity, transmission line theory, and lab-based debugging tools (oscilloscope, TDR)
- Experience with project estimation, schedule and resource planning, Agile execution (Scrum, SAFe), and budget tracking
- Demonstrated ability to create technology roadmaps, perform multi-year planning, and coordinate effectively across cross-functional teams
- Proficiency with DOORS, Synergy, JIRA, and modern version control practices
- Experience using Python, VBA, XML, or DXL for automation and data transformation
- Familiarity with aviation data bus design assurance standards such as CRI-F66, CRI-F30, CM E-09, and AC 20-156.
Benefits
- 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!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project estimationinterface verification strategiessignal integritytransmission line theoryautomationdata transformationcommunication hardware designbudget trackingsystem-level test plansroot-cause investigation
Soft Skills
cross-team coordinationcommunicationrisk assessmenttechnical career growthcontinuous improvementinnovationteam collaborationstakeholder presentationproblem-solvingplanning