Senior Principal RF Design Engineer

Effector Guidance Electronics Overview

Effector Guidance Electronics is responsible for designing RF and Microwave hardware, including transmitters, receivers, and exciters. This includes design and test activities that span preliminary design to integration. Products we develop support radar and datalink applications on a variety of tactical missile programs. Critical to this role is designing for challenging mechanical constraints and extreme environments.

• Design and development of transmitters, receivers or exciters
• Design of circuit card assemblies (CCAs) with RF or mixed signals
• Work in a lab to accomplish component characterization as well as 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 ten years of prior relevant experience
• Experience to include any combination of the following:
• RF design and fabrication
• RF test and troubleshoot
• Simulation of RF products
• Experience with any of the following tools:
• Mentor DX Designer or equivalent, High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) or equivalent, System Vue/Genesys or equivalent, Advanced Design System (ADS) or equivalent

• Seeker design expertise
• Mentorship or apprenticeship experience
• 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 experience w/ cost and schedule
• EVMS or CAM experience
• Background in designing for manufacturability, producibility, and cost constraints. Includes yield and margin analysis
• Technical background in the following areas:
• 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 (Matlab or Python)
• Some front line leadership desirable

This position is an onsite role located in Huntsville, AL and is eligible for relocation assistance. The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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.

Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective‑bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short‑term and/or long‑term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective‑bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.

-based role. 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.