Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - RF/Microwave Design (Onsite)

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market-leading businesses, world-class operations, and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunities no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

At Raytheon, our Electronic Warfare teams design and deliver advanced Radio Frequency and microwave hardware that protects platforms and missions in the most demanding operational environments. The Advanced RF Hardware Section in Goleta, California is the focal point for cutting-edge EW hardware development, from early architecture through production and test.

About the role

This onsite position in Goleta, CA requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued Secret security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. An active and existing security clearance is required after day one.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization; conduct briefings with senior leaders.
• Succeed in an environment where problems and issues faced are numerous and typically undefined, with information difficult to obtain.
• Own and lead RF/microwave hardware designs from concept through production.
• Lead in defining system, module, and component-level architecture.
• Translate system requirements into block diagrams, schematics, and hardware solutions.
• Design and develop RF, microwave, mixed-signal, and power circuitry.
• Create schematics, select components, and support PCB/CCA design.
• Contribute to integrated RF assemblies including amplifiers, filters, mixers, LNAs, PAs, and related subsystems.
• Use industry-standard tools such as HFSS, ADS, Genesys, SPICE, and MATLAB.
• Analyze performance across frequency, noise, gain, linearity, and signal integrity domains.
• Debug and validate designs at the board and module level using lab equipment including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, signal generators, and power supplies.
• Serve as a leader within the RF/microwave design team and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Provide technical leadership to teams of 3-6 people, including plans and execution on one or more simultaneous programs to meet technical, schedule, and cost requirements.
• Support design reviews and technical trade studies across the full lifecycle.
• Support proposals for both Cost and Technical Volumes.
• Mentor and develop the engineering and technical talent within the team.
• Occasional travel to support integration activities at Raytheon facilities, subcontractors, or customer sites as needed.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 7 years’ experience.
• Experience leading the design and development of RF/microwave hardware.
• Experience designing hardware operating into microwave and higher-frequency regimes (up to ~40 GHz and beyond).
• Experience with RF/microwave, digital, and power electronics on complex boards.
• Experience with schematic capture, component selection, and hardware debug.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Background in Electronic Warfare, radar, aerospace, defense, or similarly demanding hardware environments.
• Experience supporting hardware through integration, test, and production.
• Experience in defense program engineering oversight including formal tracking of requirements, cost, and schedule.

Benefits

• Parental (including paternal) leave.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Achievement awards.
• Educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (eligibility dependent on role level and collective-bargaining agreement coverage).

Pay

The salary range for this role is 145,600 USD - 276,800 USD. The salary 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.