Principal Design Quality Assurance Electrical Engineer

RTX

Principal Design QA Electrical Engineer at Collins Aerospace ensuring quality in avionics product development. Collaborating with engineering teams on technical oversight and process improvement.

Posted 4/13/2026full-timeMelbourne • Florida, Iowa • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $107,500 - $204,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

This position is responsible for working with engineering design and development teams throughout the development lifecycle to provide quality-focused technical and process oversight of Systems and Hardware/ASIC/FPGA engineering development of Avionics products.
Working with the engineering and Design Assurance team, you will:
Perform proactive, ongoing technical and process assessments/oversight to determine the quality and health of engineering projects using objective criteria and known best practices through all phases of development lifecycle.
Analyze, identify, and promote adoption of meaningful Quality metrics to find trends and systemic issues.
Employ methods such as root cause analysis to develop recommended corrective actions and process improvements.
Provide guidance to hardware and systems engineering teams as needed in the areas of process and regulatory requirements to ensure effective project execution.
Establish rapport and credibility across the organization, including leadership, engineering teams, shared service teams, and customers.
Influence others towards positive outcomes and foster adoption of value-added quality improvement.
5-10% travel as needed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
RTCA DO-254 Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) development and verification experience
ARP4754A and/or ARP4754B Systems development and certification experience
RTCA DO-160 environmental qualification testing experience
Experience as an engineer on a design & development project, including civil certification, across an entire product lifecycle from planning through verification and subsequent certification is required
Experience with design process
Experience with Hardware/ASIC/FPGA design and development across a product lifecycle
Experience using DOORS, JIRA, PREP, JAMA, or Enovia.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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!

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Hard Skills & Tools

root cause analysisquality metricsprocess improvementshardware designASIC designFPGA designengineering project managementenvironmental qualification testingdesign processproduct lifecycle management

Soft Skills

technical oversightprocess oversightinfluenceguidancerapport buildingcredibilitycommunicationcollaborationleadershipproblem-solving

Certifications

RTCA DO-254ARP4754AARP4754BRTCA DO-160