Senior Electrical Engineer - Hardware (Onsite)

RTX • Cedar Rapids, IA

111d • $82,000 - $164,000

About The Position

Join Collins Aerospace and make a real difference in national security! In the critical arena of defense, where the reliability of our technology can mean the difference between mission success and failure, your role goes beyond just a job—it’s a mission. As part of our Communications Products Engineering Department, you will play a crucial part in keeping our service members a step ahead in the most challenging environments. We are dedicated to providing top-tier, secure communication equipment across land, air, sea, and space, ensuring our warfighters remain connected and protected when it matters most. We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to design and develop digital hardware for high-performance communication products, such as cutting-edge software-defined radios and data links. These products are vital for our nation's defense and are deployed across various ground, airborne, and space platforms. This pivotal role is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Successful candidates will thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative technical environment, where talent and initiative are recognized and rewarded. If you’re ready to contribute to a mission that truly matters, join us and be part of something extraordinary.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• Experience with electrical designs that contain digital electronics such as processors, FPGAs, high-speed transceivers, DDR, and flash memories.
• Experience with schematic capture of electrical circuit designs, including familiarity with a schematic capture tool (examples may include Siemens/Mentor Graphics Xpedition, Altium, Cadence Allegro, EAGLE, KiCAD, etc.) for creation of circuit card designs.
• Experience with generating Printed Wiring Board (PWB) layout constraint guidelines and overseeing the routing and layout of the circuit card design.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with signal integrity and timing analyses for creation of robust circuit card designs.
• Hands-on experience testing circuit card assemblies and performing design verification activities.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies, including planning, tracking, and managing hardware development tasks in JIRA.
• Project management experience using Earned Value Management System (EVMS).

Responsibilities

• Perform circuit card design lifecycle activities including requirements capture, schematic capture, design documentation, signal integrity analysis, creation of board stackup and routing instructions, coordination and review of printed wiring board layout, creation of test plans, root cause analysis, and integration.
• Design, document, verify, support, test and troubleshoot digital hardware for communication products using electrical engineering principles and techniques.
• Collaborate with a multi-discipline team of Engineers to develop proven hardware designs that meet system performance and operational specifications.
• Help deliver quality next generation hardware products to customers that meet the needs of an ever-evolving environment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages including pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services.
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program.
• Eligible for relocation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees