Electrical Engineer II - Digital Design Engineer

Date Posted: 2026-08-10 | Location: Marlborough, MA (or Tewksbury, MA) | Onsite role | U.S. citizenship required for security clearance

About the Company

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 employees unite to solve complex global challenges. Raytheon, an RTX business, leverages over 100 years of engineering expertise to deliver solutions that defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. The Hardware Electrical Engineering team designs, validates, and qualifies digital systems for extreme environments—from space to deserts to ocean depths.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, simulate, test, integrate, and troubleshoot digital electronic designs and systems.
• Develop and evaluate hardware designs from initial requirements and block diagrams through testing and system integration.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Quality teams to ensure designs meet technical requirements and quality standards.
• Analyze existing hardware designs, identify issues, and troubleshoot failures to determine root causes and corrective actions.
• Select, evaluate, and integrate commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware, including servers, switches, add-in interface cards, storage devices, and other computing hardware.
• Work with suppliers to resolve technical and production-related issues.
• Prepare technical documentation and present technical information to internal and external stakeholders.
• Travel less than 10% annually.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Electrical engineering experience.
• U.S. citizenship (required for security clearance).
• Active and existing DoD Secret security clearance (required after day 1).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience taking a design from initial requirements or block-diagram development through detailed hardware design, verification, testing, and system integration.
• Experience analyzing existing designs, troubleshooting hardware failures, and identifying root causes.
• Knowledge of digital electronics simulation and analysis tools.
• Experience using electronic test equipment to validate hardware performance.
• Experience researching and selecting COTS hardware (servers, switches, add-in interface cards, storage devices, etc.).
• Experience working with sub-tier suppliers to resolve technical, quality, and production issues.
• Strong technical writing and formal presentation skills.
• Knowledge of the Aerospace and Defense product development lifecycle.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $68,900–$131,100 USD. The range reflects all experience levels, and RTX considers factors such as role, responsibilities, work experience, location, education/training, and key skills when extending an offer.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program (education support).
• Parental leave.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (dependent on role level and collective-bargaining agreements).