Principal Electrical Engineer - Hardware (Onsite) Job at Collins Aerospace in Ce

Date Posted: 2024-10-14

Country: United States of America

Location: HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type: Onsite

Join Collins Aerospace and make a real difference in national security! In the critical arena of defense, where the reliability of our technology can mean the difference between mission success and failure, your role goes beyond just a job—it’s a mission. As part of our Communications Products Hardware Engineering Department, you will play a crucial part in keeping our service members a step ahead in the most challenging environments. We are dedicated to providing top-tier, secure communication equipment across land, air, sea, and space, ensuring our warfighters remain connected and protected when it matters most.

We are seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead the design and development of complex digital hardware used in high-performance communication products that are critical to the defense of our nation, such as sophisticated software-defined radios and data links designed for use in various ground, airborne, and space applications. This position is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Successful candidates should expect to be immersed in a fast-paced, team-based, and challenging technical environment where an individual with talent and initiative can stand out and thrive.

What YOU Will Do:

• Collaborate with a multi-discipline team of Engineers to develop proven hardware designs that meet system performance and operational specifications.
• Lead and perform circuit card design lifecycle activities including requirements capture, schematic capture, design documentation, signal integrity analysis, creation of board stackup and routing instructions, coordination and review of printed wiring board layout, creation of test plans, root cause analysis, and integration. Designs will include the use of FPGA, processors, and DDR memory components, and industry interfaces, such as Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and UART.
• Prepare and present project and/or technical information to technical staff, program leadership, management and customers. This includes producing technical documentation, including specifications, hardware design documents, and test plans.
• Test and troubleshoot electronic circuitry. Includes support lab of design verification testing for circuit card assemblies.
• Perform trade studies as needed and select components necessary to implement the requirements. Includes supporting system architecture discussions where needed.
• Mentor others in personal technical growth and may lead small teams to success with schedule, budget, and technical execution.

What YOU Will Learn:

• Become an advanced subject matter expert in the domain area of high-speed digital design.
• Build skills that will help advance your career, whether that is in line to more technical roles, people leadership, etc.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant 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.
• Experience acting as a hardware technical lead on circuit card developments (including hardware designs with processors, FPGAs, memory, and industry standard interfaces).
• Experience with all aspects of circuit card design from concept through delivery to higher level assemblies as evidenced by successful design completion.
• Experience with schematic capture of electrical circuit designs, and generating Printed Wiring Board (PWB) layout constraint guidelines and overseeing the routing and layout.
• Hands-on experience testing circuit card assemblies and performing design verification activities.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Ability to prepare bids and proposals.
• Project management experience using Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Experience with Agile for Hardware Development, including planning, tracking, and managing hardware development projects in JIRA is a plus.
• Familiar with latest technology trends in the area of high-speed digital design, as well as microprocessor, memory, FPGA and interface protocols.
• Experience with signal integrity and timing analyses for creation of robust circuit card designs.

What We Offer:

• 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.
• 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.
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program.
• And more!

Learn More & Apply Now!

Mission Systems:

At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers.

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Minimum Program Qualifications:

• Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application.
• Have prior experience in functional area of interest.
• Have interest in returning in either a full time or part time position.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

The salary range for this role is 96,000 USD - 200,000 USD.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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