Principal ECAD Design Engineer

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a U.S. government-issued security clearance. An active and existing Secret DoD security clearance is required after day one.

About the Role

The Effector Guidance Electronics Department at Raytheon is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to join the team as an Electrical Computer Aided Designer Engineer (ECAD). The mission is to develop best-in-industry technologies that align product capabilities with customer needs, empowering innovation and design commonality to achieve predictable and affordable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designs from conception to manufacturing.
• Creation of the PCB, Circuit Card Assembly (CCA), and Schematic drawings for suppliers.
• Schematic Capture, Component Placement, Routing of Traces, Gerber/ODB++ file creation.
• Utilizing software such as Siemens: Xpedition Enterprise and DownStream Technologies: BluePrint-PCB.
• Design layouts include Rigid, Flex, and Rigid-Flex assemblies.
• Work designs include full designs, re-spins, drawing updates, change notices, copper changes, and process improvement projects within and outside own discipline.
• Daily interface with various engineering levels and disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Components, Test, and Producibility Engineering) to ensure design requirements are captured, keeping cost, cycle time, and producibility in mind.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience to include at least two of the following:
  • Experience with PCB manufacturing or CCA manufacturing principles that affect circuitry and component layout.
  • Experience with the electrical design process.
  • Experience with laying out Rigid, Flex, or Rigid-Flex boards.

Skills

• Working knowledge of Analog, Digital (including DDR), RF, Power, and mixed technology, including multi-layer designs with High Density Interconnect (HDI) technology.
• Technical PCB design skills using the Siemens design toolset (Xpedition Layout tool suite), including schematic capture, placement, routing, auto-router, constraint manager, and library tools.
• Experience with BluePrint to create complex PCB and CCA drawings (Altium experience transfers well).
• Export manufacturing data in both Gerber and ODB++ formats.
• Use of Valor NPI, Design for Manufacturing rule sets, and other Design Rule Checking software.
• Ability to understand and interpret drawings as they relate to PCBs and CCAs.
• Familiarity with IPC 6012 & IPC 6013.
• Working knowledge of military and commercial design standards, GD&T techniques, and producibility considerations related to electronic packaging.
• Knowledge of RF circuitry and key considerations for board layout, including filter knowledge.
• Working knowledge of operating system concepts and implementations, network services related to Microsoft Windows suites.
• Active Secret DoD security clearance.

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.
• Parental leave.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (dependent on role level and collective-bargaining agreements).

Pay

The salary range for this role is $107,500 – $204,500 USD.

Schedule

This is an onsite role located in Huntsville, AL. Relocation assistance is eligible.