Principal Electrical Engineer – Hardware

RTX

Principal Electrical Engineer designing secure, high-speed communication systems for aerospace. Lead cutting-edge hardware development with a focus on digital electronics and cross-functional collaboration.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeCedar Rapids • Iowa • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $107,500 - $204,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Electronic Circuit Design: Design high-speed digital Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs) from requirements and schematic capture through PCB layout, integration, and production.
Technical Mentoring: Mentor Hardware Engineers on high-speed digital design principles, PCB layout techniques, and hardware development best practices.
SI/PI Optimization: Ensure robust signal and power integrity (SI/PI) via advanced modeling, simulation, and hardware validation.
Design Optimization: Champion Design to Cost (DTC), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Test (DFT) principles to ensure producible, cost-effective, and testable designs.
Hardware Verification & Test Support: Perform hardware integration and Design Verification Testing (DVT), while providing technical support for Product Qualification Testing, factory production, and formal Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
Cross-Functional & Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate across Systems, Software, and Mechanical Engineering teams while serving as the primary technical interface to align internal stakeholders, leadership and customers on program objectives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Expertise in high-speed digital design for complex multilayer PCBs (12+ layers) with strong understanding of DFM/DFT, PCB fabrication, controlled impedance design, board assembly, and design verification testing.
Demonstrated end to end circuit card development experience — from concept through production — requirements, schematic capture, layout, bring up, and integration.
Proficiency with PCB design tools like Xpedition, Cadence Allegro, or Altium Designer.
Hands on SI/PI analysis experience with tools such as HyperLynx, ADS, or SPICE.
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.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

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, and 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
Eligible for relocation

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Hard Skills & Tools

high-speed digital designPCB layoutsignal integrity (SI)power integrity (PI)Design to Cost (DTC)Design for Manufacturing (DFM)Design for Test (DFT)Design Verification Testing (DVT)circuit card developmentcontrolled impedance design

Soft Skills

technical mentoringcross-functional collaborationstakeholder alignmentleadership

Certifications

U.S. government issued security clearance