Senior ECAD Design Engineer

Date posted: August 19, 2026 • Location: El Segundo, CA • Onsite • U.S. citizenship required

About the role

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

The RF, ASIC, and MMIC Design Department at Raytheon is seeking a Senior Electrical Computer Aided Design Engineer (ECAD). An active and existing DoD Confidential security clearance is required after day one.

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 BluePrint-PCB for drawings.
• Design layouts including 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 along with different engineering disciplines including, but not limited to Electrical, Mechanical, Components, Test, and Producibility Engineering disciplines to ensure that the overall design requirements are captured, keeping cost, cycle time, and producibility in mind.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience to include at least two of the following categories:
  • Previous work history 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.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued DoD Confidential security clearance (active clearance required after day one).

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 including:
  • Xpedition Layout tool suite with working knowledge of schematic capture, placement, routing, use of the auto-router, constraint manager, and library tools.
  • 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.
• Able 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 overall producibility considerations related to electronic packaging.
• Knowledge of RF circuitry and key considerations when laying out the board, along with filter knowledge.
• Working knowledge of operating system concepts and implementations, network services as related to Microsoft Windows suites.
• Active Secret DoD security clearance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, 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.
• Eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (payments not guaranteed and dependent on individual, business unit, and company performance).

Pay

The salary range for this role is $95,500 – $181,700 USD. The range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.