Principal Digital Hardware Engineer

Principal Digital Hardware Engineer

The Effector Guidance Electronics Department designs digital electronic circuit cards and electronic units, supported from proposal through transition to production. The systems are subjected to extreme environments ranging from sub‑zero vacuum of space to heat of deserts and high pressures of ocean depths.

• Design, analyze, simulate, test, and integrate digital electronic modules and/or CCAs for missile applications.
• Support all aspects of circuit card design, including processors, FPGAs, memory, and industry interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and UART.
• Deliver solutions for high‑speed digital electronics, configurable logic, and heterogeneous multiprocessor designs.

This position is 100% on‑site in Huntsville, Alabama.

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Minimum of eight (8) years engineering digital circuit design experience.
• Experience in the development and design of electronic circuit designs, and/or multi‑assembly system/unit design.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance prior to the start date; U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

• Experience taking design concepts from block diagram or requirements level to development of complete hardware designs with verification via test and integration.
• Experience with PCB design process and expertise with design tools (schematic capture) to analyze and simulate designs prior to hardware execution.
• Experience using Mentor Graphics Design Creation (Siemens EDA) tools:
  DxDesigner, xDX Designer VX, and/or Expedition.
• Experience using PCB electronic circuit design software:
  Hyper Lynx signal integrity, power integrity and analog simulation, and/or Xpedition Enterprise (xPCB).

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD – 204,500 USD. The salary range is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

Relocation assistance is available.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term disability, 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.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short‑term and/or long‑term incentive compensation programs, dependent on the level and collective‑bargaining agreement.

This role is U.S.

-based. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

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.