Hardware Engineer II - Electrical (Onsite)

Date Posted: 2026-08-20 • Location: Fullerton, CA • Onsite role • U.S. citizenship required for security clearance

About the Role

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Company, is seeking an Electrical Engineer II to join the Hardware Engineering team supporting the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) program. This role focuses on developing next-generation precision landing products and supporting existing fielded systems. The position requires hands-on hardware design, laboratory integration, testing, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Integrate equipment and set up lab environments for testing
• Design and build prototypes with mechanical and electrical components
• Install and swap units into systems or test strings, including antennas, radios, amplifiers, power supplies, servers, routers, and processors
• Conduct unit and system-level testing in a lab environment
• Research electrical and mechanical components for hardware design selection
• Assemble electronic rack assemblies with units
• Design and build cable and harness assemblies
• Create electrical schematic diagrams
• Develop and release engineering documentation
• Coordinate with vendors for successful hardware development
• Perform fault isolation, prototype setup, test procedure write-ups, and trade study documentation

Requirements

• Experience with circuit design
• Experience testing units and systems in a lab environment
• Experience researching specifications for commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components and performing component/unit selection trade studies
• Experience with design and production phases of product development
• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued DoD Secret security clearance (active clearance required after day 1; U.S. citizenship required)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, function generators, digital multimeters, voltage regulators, and analog-to-digital converters
• Experience interfacing with multiple engineering disciplines (Software, Systems, Mechanical Engineering, etc.) in support of product development
• Ability to interpret and create wiring diagrams and electrical system schematics, including unit/cable pin-out tables
• Soldering experience
• Experience building electronic rack assemblies with units and cables
• Familiarity with cable assemblies for power, data, and RF
• Knowledge of standard cable/harness connector types
• Experience with VME and VPX chassis
• Knowledge of Circuit Card Assembly design and fabrication processes
• Experience with FPGA coding
• Knowledge of power distribution systems
• Knowledge of environmental qualification testing processes
• Familiarity with communication interfaces and bus standards (e.g., SPI, I2C, PCIe, UART, VME, VPX, or Gb Ethernet)
• Experience working with antennas, radios, amplifiers, power supplies, servers, routers, processors, and switches
• Experience with GPS navigation systems

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan with 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: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health (fertility and family planning)
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan (up to 10 free counseling sessions)
• Healthy You Incentives and wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand (virtual doctor visits)
• Bright Horizons (child and elder care services)
• Teladoc Medical Experts (second opinion program)
• Eligibility for relocation assistance

Pay

The salary range for this role is $75,800 – $144,200 USD. The range is representative of all experience levels. Factors considered include role, function, responsibilities, work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.