Senior Electrical Engineer - RF​/Microwave Design; Onsite

Location: Goleta, CA, USA

Security

Clearance Required:

U.S. citizenship and active Secret clearance after day 1.

• Own RF/microwave hardware designs from concept through production.
• Participate 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.
• Perform RF and microwave simulation and analysis.
• Use industry-standard tools such as HFSS, ADS, Genesys, SPICE, and MATLAB.
• Analyze performance across frequency, noise, gain, linearity, and signal integrity domains.
• Hands‑on hardware bring‑up, debug, and test.
• Use lab equipment including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, signal generators, and power supplies.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team collaborating closely with systems, mechanical, firmware, manufacturing, and test engineers.
• Support design reviews and technical trade studies across the full lifecycle.
• Lead small projects or technical efforts.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical decision‑making.
• Occasional travel to support integration activities at Raytheon facilities, subcontractors, or customer sites as needed.

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience designing and developing RF/microwave hardware.
• Experience with schematic capture, component selection, and hardware debug.
• Experience working with RF/microwave frequencies.

• Experience designing hardware operating into microwave and higher-frequency regimes (up to ~40 GHz and beyond).
• Microwave‑class experience.
• Breadth across RF/microwave, digital, and power electronics on complex boards.
• Familiarity with ECAD workflows; PCB layout experience (including tools such as KiCad) is a strong plus.
• Experience supporting hardware through integration, test, and production.

• Salary Range: $95,500 USD – $181,700 USD.
• A total rewards package that includes compensation, healthcare, wellness, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs; parental leave (including paternal); flexible work schedules; achievement awards; educational assistance; child/adult backup care.
• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world – trust, respect, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and safety.
• Relocation assistance available.

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.