Principal Hardware Design Engineer
Date Posted
2026-08-07
Country
United States of America
Location
US-MA-TEWKSBURY-TB1 ~ 50 Apple Hill Dr ~ ASSABET BLDG
Position Role Type
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Security Clearance Type
DoD Clearance: Secret
Security Clearance Status
Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
Technical Support During Transition to Production and Support to Manufacturing and Test Engineers
The scope of this role includes design of mixed signal hardware to support both new and existing Raytheon products. These design efforts will include collaboration with systems engineers, mechanical engineers, manufacturing engineers, and other electrical engineers to perform design trades and requirements flow down, perform electrical analysis, develop test plans, and ultimately to deliver working hardware that meets program requirements. Technical support during the transition to production and support to production activities are also expected.
Team Leadership Skills
- Cost and schedule management
- Proposal writing and presentation experience
What You Will Do
- Circuit and sub-system architecture, design, modeling, simulation, and verification.
- Integration and test at component, CCA, and subsystem levels.
- Transition to production and technical support to manufacturing and test engineers.
- Occasional travel to supplier, integration, and customer sites may be required.
- Opportunities to manage small projects or processes within area of responsibility.
Qualifications You Must Have
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
- Combined experience in two or more of the following areas:
- Digital Design (Requirements development through Build and Test)
- RF/Analog Design (Requirements development through Build and Test)
- Production testing and troubleshooting circuits
- Experience with design simulation tools (e.g., HyperLynx, LTSpice) and analytical tools (e.g., Matlab)
- Experience with design development tools (e.g., Mentor Graphics' Xpedition schematic capture and layout)
- Experience leading a complete design or small team to complete a design
- The ability to obtain and maintain an Interim Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Qualifications We Prefer
- Experience interfacing and testing with testing Digital to Analog Converters (D/A) and Analog to Digital Converters (A/D).
- Experience with various digital high-speed interfaces such as JESD204B, Memory (DDR3, DDR4), SERDES, 10G+ Ethernet, Fiber Channel.
- Background in FPGA hardware inference designs including SERDES, LVDS chip-to-chip and board-to-board.
- Understanding of allocating and flowing down requirements from the system to the component level.
- Knowledge of cost estimating, plus budget and schedule management.
- Experience working in a laboratory environment using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, phase noise analyzer (PNA), and spectrum analyzer to test and verify the functions of digital and mixed signal circuits and systems.
- Experience in a production environment.
- Experience in technical writing, proposal writing, and oral presentations.
What We Offer
- Safety
- Trust
- Respect
- Accountability
- Collaboration
- Innovation
Salary Range
107,500 USD - 204,500 USD