Principal Electronics Engineer

RTX•Tucson, AZ

4d•$107,500 - $204,500•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon's Hardware Electrical Engineering Team is seeking experienced engineers with electronics knowledge to support the design and test of electronic products and systems, focusing on circuit cards. The Effector Analog & Power (EAP) Team specifically needs engineers with power electronics knowledge to help design robust power systems. The Effector Power Department is responsible for the development, from concept to integration, of Telemetry and Flight Termination products; power systems from all up round to the lowest level power regulation; servo electronics supporting all mechanical motion in our products and low noise mixed signal electronics that provides the analog to digital interface to our front-end sensors. These products generally operate in lower power and voltage ranges less than 10kW and 1000V. The role involves designing, analyzing, simulating, testing, and documenting power conversion and related analog circuitry, primarily non-isolated and isolated switch mode power converters and linear converters for board-mounted power end-use applications. This includes architecting at the power system level, overseeing circuit card and stack development from requirements to integration testing, leading large teams, defining schedules, and guiding ECAD drafters and junior engineers. The position also requires acting as an expert on creepage and clearance, leading teams to success in schedule, budget, and technical execution, and driving personal and peer/junior engineer technical growth.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience OR an Advanced STEM degree and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
Design, analysis, test, and/or simulation experience with linear converters and any of the following non-isolated converter topologies: buck, boost, buck-boost.
Design, analysis, and/or simulation experience with at least one of the following isolated converter topologies: flyback, halfbridge, full-bridge, forward, push-pull, resonant.
Experience using tools such as MATLAB, MathCAD, Mathematica, or other similar tools.
Experience with EMI Filter design, analysis, test, and/or simulation considerations in power electronics circuits.
Experience with transformer or inductor design, analysis, test, and/or simulation considerations in power electronics circuits.
Experience utilizing and/or creating electrical design specifications.
U.S. citizenship is required.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering
Understanding of switching converter control techniques and modes such as voltage mode, peak and average current modes, their advantages and disadvantages.
Conceptual familiarity and experience must include stability.
Experience leading small teams (formally or informally), and experience working with other team leads toward a larger goal.
Exposure to managing customer relationships.
Experience communicating and documenting technical topics at the small and large team level, and experience presenting to upper levels of management.
Experience conducting trade studies relating to power electronics architecture at the circuit card stack level.
Experience guiding drafters through the ECAD process, including the layout and routing concerns specific to non-isolated and isolated power electronics.
Experience Utilizing and creating electrical design specifications.
Exposure to requirements definition early in the design cycle.
Experience designing at the circuit card stack level to meet concerns of adjacent disciplines, such as thermal, structural, mechanical, reliability, and quality.
Experience with Texas Instruments C-2000 family of microcontrollers, Microchip PIC controllers, VHDL, or real time operating systems.
Experience with using CAN-bus, UART, and/or RS-422.

Responsibilities

Design, analyze, simulate, test, and document power conversion (and related analog) circuitry, predominantly non-isolated and isolated switch mode power converters and linear converters for board-mounted power end-use applications.
Architect at the power system level.
See circuit card and stack development through its design phases, from requirements definition through initial integration testing.
Lead large teams and define schedules and system level tasking for designs.
Guide ECAD drafters and junior engineers through layout and routing activities.
Define layer stackup definitions.
Act as an expert regarding creepage and clearance.
Lead large teams to success with schedule, budget, and technical execution.
Engage in personal technical growth and facilitate technical growth in peers and junior engineers.
Drive the capture of opportunities needed to mature the organization on the technical front.