Senior Hardware Engineer (Hybrid - Aguadilla, PR)

RTX•Aguadilla, PR

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer to join the Resilient Connectivity Products Engineering division in Puerto Rico. This role focuses on Test Equipment Design and involves the design, development, integration, and testing of advanced communication hardware systems. The engineer will play a critical role in ensuring reliable, secure, and intelligent communications for civilian, military, and government customers. The position is located in Aguadilla, PR, and is categorized as hybrid, requiring 3 days onsite and 2 days remote per week. U.S. citizenship is required for this position.

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.
Demonstrated professional experience communicating in English (verbal and written).
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Nice To Haves

Proven experience in designing and developing electric and electronic circuits and systems for communication systems.
Strong knowledge of Radio Frequency (RF), testing, schematic capture, circuit design, and hardware selection and integration.
Experience with commonly used test equipment, including but not limited to: RF Spectrum Analyzers, RF Network Analyzers, RF Power Meters, RF Switches, Power Supplies, Digital Multi-Meters, Oscilloscopes.
Hands-on experience testing and troubleshooting circuit card assemblies and performing design verification activities.
Experience with signal integrity and timing analysis for creating robust designs.
Experience with commonly used electrical engineering design and analysis tools, including but not limited to: NX ECAD design, Siemens DX Designer and Expedition formerly known as Mentor Graphics, Creo MBSE Schematic, Altium PCB Layout, Cadence Allegro, Eagle, KiCAD, etc.
Experience with Agile development methodologies, including planning, tracking, and managing hardware development tasks in Jira.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and integrate Collins products within the communication systems and test solutions in multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Develop both engineering and production test systems, test interface adapters, cabling, technical drawings, schematics, circuit designs, and analysis.
Contribute to the completion of all stages of communication system and test system development.
Manage technical, cost, and schedule aspects of assigned projects.
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of engineers to develop proven hardware designs that meet system performance and operational specifications.
Lead and perform circuit design lifecycle activities, including requirements capture, schematic capture, design documentation, circuit design analysis (Performance, Stability, ESD/Lightning, Decoupling and Signal/Power Integrity analysis), creation of board stack-up and routing instructions, coordination and review of printed wiring board layout, creation of test plans, root cause analysis, and integration.