Principal RF Design Engineer

What You Will Do

• Design and development of transmitters, receivers or exciters
• Design of circuit card assemblies with RF or mixed signals
• Work in a lab to accomplish component characterization, module verification and integration
• Test and handle sensitive RF hardware
• Schematic capture and RF routing
• Partner with interdisciplinary teams – power, digital, mechanical, etc.

Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of eight years of prior relevant experience.

• RF design and fabrication
• RF test and troubleshooting
• Simulation of RF products
• Experience with Mentor DX Designer or equivalent
• Experience with High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) or equivalent
• Experience with System Vue/Genesys or equivalent
• Experience with Advanced Design System (ADS) or equivalent
• Technical oversight responsibilities for less‑senior engineers
• Working across domains on complex projects
• Architecting and requirements definition for complex RF products
• Team lead experience on technical projects, including cost and schedule, EVMS or CAM experience
• Background in designing for manufacturability, producibility, and cost constraints, including yield and margin analysis
• Technical background in cascade analysis and/or frequency planning
• Filter design and fabrication
• Circuit card assembly design and fabrication
• Testing or designing RF hybrid (chip and wire) technologies
• High speed data converter test/characterization
• High power RF design or test experience
• Scripting experience in Matlab or Python
• Some front line leadership desirable

• Mentorship or apprenticeship experience
• Remote Scripting or design automation experience

Security: U.S. based role with relocation assistance.

Salary range: $107,500 – $204,500 USD.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and 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. Some benefits vary by business unit and collective‑bargaining agreements.

Describe the role as onsite in Huntsville, Alabama, requiring a DoD Secret clearance. Candidates must be U.S. citizens to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

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.