Electrical Engineer 1 (Onsite)

RTX•Cedar Rapids, IA

4d•$57,200 - $108,800•Onsite

About The Position

The Computing Products Department in the Avionics business unit develops and sustains avionics hardware, including integrated processing cabinets, video processing modules, network products, and control panels for commercial and military aircraft. The Electrical Engineer 1 position focuses on developing digital hardware for high-performance computing products, such as processing computers and network switches for commercial avionics platforms. The role is based onsite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The engineer applies electrical engineering principles to design, develop, document, verify, support, and troubleshoot digital hardware for avionics products. The position works with cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle, from requirements capture and design through integration, verification, factory transition, and customer interface. Designs may use digital logic such as ASICs, FPGAs, and CPLDs, as well as processors and memory technologies. The engineer may also support issues arising in current production.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM discipline, obtained by the start date.
Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
Must be a U.S. Person.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of digital circuit design parameters such as throughput, rise time, clock frequencies, and propagation delay.
Knowledge of computer hardware components, including processors, memory, and interfaces, and their characteristics such as throughput, processing architecture, and timing.
Experience with schematic capture of digital/analog mixed-signal electrical circuit designs for avionics.
Knowledge of PCB layout and routing rules.
Experience interfacing with complex embedded devices such as processors, graphics devices, and FPGAs.
Experience with Ethernet, I2C, USB, LVDS, and SERDES bus technologies.
Experience with DDR memory interfaces.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, document, verify, support, and troubleshoot digital hardware for avionics products.
Collaborate with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Environmental Effects Engineering, Manufacturing/Operations, and Design-to-Cost staff to ensure requirements are met throughout the product lifecycle.
Work on designs using digital logic (ASIC/FPGA/CPLD), processors, and memory technologies.
Support current production issues if needed.
Participate in hardware development activities spanning requirements capture, design, integration, verification, factory transition, and customer interface.