Principal Design Engineer (Remote)

Date Posted:

2025-06-12

Country:

United States of America

Location:

RMA99: RTN Remote, Massachusetts

Position Role Type:

Remote

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

This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of “U.S. Person” go here. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression.  We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat.  Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 

The Advanced Microelectronics Solutions (AMS) department is looking for a Principal Design Engineer in the microelectronics field. In this role, you will work closely with a team of multi-disciplined engineers to design, layout, and document printed circuit boards. You will interact with internal customers and suppliers as well to advise design tradeoffs and meet the needs. Your technical background, efficiency and effectiveness of communication, a keen interest in learning new skills especially in manufacturability, your coachability, and great attention to details are the keys to your success. You will have a sense of ownership and collaborate closely with everybody who has a part to play in an assigned task.

What You Will Do

• Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designs from conception to manufacturing for RF applications.

• Creation of the PCB, Circuit Card Assembly (CCA), and Schematic drawings for suppliers.

• Working designs include full designs, re-spins, simple tasks, change notices, and process improvement projects within and outside own discipline.

• On daily basis, interface with many different engineering levels and multi-disciplined engineering groups including, but not limited to Electrical, Mechanical, and Producibility Engineering disciplines to ensure that the overall design requirements are captured and accomplished.

• Your top priority is to support engineering customers affiliated with home department.

• This 1st shift role will be 100% remote.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior work experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of prior work experience.

• Experience with software using Siemens Mentor Graphics and BluePrint.

• Design layout experience including Rigid, Flex, and Rigid-Flex assemblies.

• Experience with Analog, Digital including DDR, RF, Power, and mixed signal technology, including multi-layer designs with High Density Interconnect (HDI) technology.

• Experience with Xpedition Library Manager Symbol / Padstack / Cell creation / manipulation.

• Experience with Valor NPI, Design for Manufacturing rule sets.

• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) are eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Qualifications We Prefer

• Familiarity with IPC 6012 & IPC 6013.

• Working knowledge of military and commercial design standards, GD&T techniques, and overall producibility considerations related to electronic packaging.

• Experience with laying out advanced MMIC Wire-bondable / Cavity RF Modules, Reusable Blocks and Translations from CAD vendor’s into Xpedition.

• Strong customer interaction skills with engineers of all levels within and outside of their own discipline.

• Self-starter with the ability to work autonomously while establishing schedule and priority needs.

• Proactivity in own discipline and beyond with minimal