Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - Computing Products; Onsite

We are looking for an innovative and highly driven Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Computing Products Hardware team within the Displays, Computing & Networking Directorate. In this role, you will help shape the future of avionics by architecting and delivering advanced hardware solutions that power data concentration, high‑performance I/O processing, application hosting, and synthetic vision across military, commercial, business, and regional aircraft.

You will be a key technical leader implementing next‑generation processing technologies into safety‑critical systems used around the world.

• Define product‑level hardware architectures for cutting‑edge embedded computing solutions
• Serve as architecture and design authority throughout the entire development lifecycle
• Lead Requirements and Architectural Reviews (RARs) and drive technical clarity across teams
• Mentor and develop less‑experienced engineers
• Establish standard work, design methodologies, and best practices across the department
• Act as a subject matter expert in technical reviews, non‑advocate reviews, and lifecycle artifact evaluations
• Support products from concept through production, including factory engagement and fielded system support
• Drive component obsolescence strategies and long‑term design sustainability
• Lead requirements capture, validation, and verification for complex electronics
• Execute and guide microprocessor and FPGA‑based circuit board design (schematic capture, part selection, simulation)
• Oversee complex PCB layout activities to ensure performance, manufacturability, and reliability
• Develop designs optimized for cost, manufacturability (DFM), and testability (DFT)
• Ensure strict compliance to DO‑160 and DO‑254 standards across all hardware development activities
• Present technical content confidently to peers, leadership, and external customers
• Prepare certification artifacts and package submittals for TSO, PMA, and other regulatory approvals

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years of relevant experience or an advanced degree and minimum 7 years of experience
• Schematic capture of digital/analog mixed‑signal electrical circuit designs
• PCB layout experience
• Experience with hardware/software/systems integration

• Experience as a technical lead with the ability to work collaboratively and provide project leadership
• Ability to architect complex embedded system designs involving microprocessors, FPGAs, graphics processors, and memory
• Ability to serve as design authority, ensuring complex requirements and system‑level objectives are met
• Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, software, and integrated system interactions
• Hands‑on lab experience working with complex engineering and test equipment
• Experience with Power
  
  PC, Intel, and ARM architectures
• PCB layout expertise
• Experience implementing designs in compliance with DO‑160 and DO‑254 standards; familiarity with DO‑297
• Formal qualification experience, including DO‑160
• Experience bringing products through civil certification paths (TSO, PMA, TC, etc.)
• Experience interfacing with manufacturing teams and processes
• Understanding of Design to Cost (DTC+), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), and Design for Test (DFT)

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly‑hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student loan repayment program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages including pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal,  protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Employee assistance plan, up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You incentives and wellness rewards program
• Virtual doctor visits, second opinion program, and healthcare experts through Teladoc Medical Experts
• Child and elder care services via Bright Horizons and other providers
• And more!

Salary range: 132,400 USD – 251,600 USD.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.