Principal Electrical Engineering Team Lead - Computing Solutions

Overview

Date Posted:

Country: United States of America

Location: US-FL-MELBOURNE-313 ~ 1344 S Babcock St ~ BLDG 313

Position Role Type: Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: The company will offer immigration sponsorship for this position, if needed. The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.

Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status: Not Required

RTX is a leading aerospace and defense company. Collins Aerospace delivers technologically advanced solutions for the aerospace and defense industry. The Computing Solutions Department (CSD) within Displays, Computing, and Networking (DCN) seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to support next‑generation avionics computing platforms. The role involves hardware such as FPGAs, ASICs, MPSoCs and avionics interfaces including ARINC 429, Ethernet, AFDX, PCIe, CAN, RS‑232, DDR, I2C, and SPI.

This role leads a Hardware engineering team to deliver a product‑line computing platform, certification plans, and lifecycle artifacts for reuse across future avionics solutions.

• Lead circuit card and sub‑level module development, product certification, product transition, and product sustainment over the life cycle of the design.
• Serve as the Certification Focal, owning the Plan for Hardware Aspects of Certification (PHAC) as well as hardware development and verification plans.
• Execute solutions with a product‑line focus to maximize reuse of lifecycle artifacts.
• Drive technical issue resolution, risk identification, and mitigation planning.
• Lead cross‑functional engineering teams (EE, ME, FPGA, Systems, Manufacturing, Test) through development, integration, verification and project design reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR).

• Advanced SoC Integration:
  Gain expertise in integrating multi‑core processors and the associated implications to design and certification.
• Regulatory Leadership:
  Develop the skills to guide a team through the Stage of Involvement (SOI) audit process, becoming a subject matter expert in modern certification guidance.
• Master Hardware Architecting:
  Advance from a designer to a high‑level Hardware Architect.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience.
• Hardware domain knowledge of development and verification lifecycle activities and production of the associated artifacts.
• Proven design experience leading CCA design from concept through production, including schematic capture and PCB layout tools, and knowledge of analog, digital and mixed signal design principles.
• Experience conducting and participating in formal design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR).
• Familiarity with IPC‑2221, IPC‑A‑610, MIL‑STD‑461/810/704, DO‑160 or similar.
• Ability to interpret and decompose system‑level requirements into hardware design requirements.
• Experience providing technical leadership to a small engineering team (task direction, mentoring, reviewing work products, coordinating development activities).

• Understanding and application of certification objectives (DO‑254, AC 20‑152A) including COTS Device Assessments and managing complex component errata.
• Understanding of Design to Cost (DTC+), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Test (DFT).
• Knowledge of MPSoC‑based architectures and board‑level integration of heterogeneous processing elements (e.g., ARM cores, FPGA fabric, high‑speed I/O).
• Experience establishing hardware reference architectures and developing product‑line solutions that enable reuse, scalability, and consistent design patterns across multiple platforms.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and additional retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment Programs
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages including pet, home, auto, additional life and accident insurance,…