Senior Principal Hardware Design Engineer

About the role

The Raytheon Receiver/Exciter & Processing Architecture (REPA) Department is the focal point for receiver, exciter, beam steering, and signal processing technology in the Raytheon business. The department is responsible for the design, development, integration, support to production builds, and lifecycle support of Raytheon products.

Responsibilities

• Mixed signal circuit and sub-system architecture, design, modeling, simulation, and verification.
• Perform Design Analysis (Timing, Power, Signal Integrity).
• Work with ECAD designers to generate full Databases and Drawings to build PWB/CCAs.
• Integration and design verification test at component, CCA, and subsystem levels.
• Mentor Junior Engineers.
• Transition to production and technical support to manufacturing and test engineers.
• Guide and coordinate teams of highly skilled engineers in complex, multidisciplinary technical environments.
• Communicate complex technical concepts and program status through briefings and technical reviews.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years prior relevant experience.
• Experience in Digital CCA Design; Parts selection, Schematic capture, Library management, and Parts Lists creation.
• Experience in PCB Design - Stackup/Plane/Routing rules definition & verification, Placement, Constraints setting, and DRC validation.
• Experience in Design Verification/Analysis - Timing, Power, and Signal Integrity Analysis, Bench Level testing, Troubleshooting, and Test Results analysis.
• Minimum 10 years of experience as an electrical engineer developing digital/mixed signal high speed Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA).
• 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

• 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.
• Must be able to conduct Trade Studies and produce comprehensive Design Documentation including Test Requirements & Design Memos.
• 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.
• Active / Existing Secret U.S. Security Clearance.

Benefits

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

Pay

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD.

Schedule

This 1st shift role will be 100% on-site with an opportunity to be based in either Tewksbury, MA or Marlborough, MA.