Senior Principal Airborne Electronic Hardware Engineer (REMOTE)

Date Posted:

2026-04-22

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-124 ~ 400 Collins Rd NE ~ BLDG 124

Position Role Type:

Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type:

None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Design Certification Engineering Group is seeking an experienced Senior Principal Systems Engineer to support Avionics certification programs.  This would be in the Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) discipline. The candidate is expected to have product or system certification experience in this AEH discipline. This position includes review and approval of certification compliance data, interface with customers, suppliers, and external certification authorities, and hands-on work with engineering teams to provide guidance in the development of and adherence to certification-related processes.    

This position is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa but working remote is a possibility for the right candidate.

  

What you will do:

• Serve as a compliance evaluator, to review hardware engineering artifacts to find compliance to the applicable systems guidance, standards, and regulations including but not limited to TSOs, DO-254, DO-297, Advisory Circulars, Foreign Certification Memos, etc.  
• Serve as compliance approver to formally approve engineering artifacts for compliance to the applicable guidance, standards, and regulations.    
• Work with engineering to resolve findings of non-compliance to the applicable guidance, standards, and regulations. 
• Provide certification interface with customers, design specialists, suppliers and subcontracts, allocating compliance demonstration expectations .
• Mentor engineering during the development of detailed planning in the context of a program team, including customization of development processes. 
• Provide independent assessment of airworthiness process adherence.  
• Assure that project planning is accomplished to the appropriate level of fidelity and that development teams are following appropriate processes.
• Understand and utilize internal processes, methods and tools for review and approval of engineering artifacts for compliance. 
• Understand current development and documentation processes and techniques.  Review metrics and defect trends, identify systemic root causes and process improvements.  Recommend new approaches, tools and techniques that drive continuous improvement in development, review and approval processes.  
• Maintain awareness of technology within the domains of their area of expertise and develop technology strategies for the domains in the area of expertise.  
• Complete recurrent training expectations applicable for finding compliance to guidance, standards, and regulations.  

Qualifications  you must have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
• 8 years of progressively responsible engineering experience, including up to 4 years of educational experience.  
• Must have passed or be able to pass the TSO Compliance Representative (TCR) application/selection process to be nominated by Avionics Certification and authorized as a compliance approver.  
• Have significant domain knowledge and knowledge of products, systems and applicable regulatory requirements for hardware. May be considered a domai