Senior Principal Electrical Engineer-Digital Design - Onsite Tucson, AZ

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 Effector Digital Products (EDP) department designs digital electronic circuit cards and electronic units which are supported from proposal through transition to production. Our systems are subject to environments ranging from the frigid, sub-zero vacuum of space to the blistering heat of the desert floor, to the high pressures of the ocean depths.

The Digital, RF and Power Team is seeking a Sr Principal Digital Design Engineer with digital electronics design and analysis skills to join our team. 

This position is 100% ONSITE in Tucson, Arizona.

What You Will Do

We are looking for candidates willing to collaborate, innovate, and team with our engineers to generate and utilize today’s cutting-edge technology to design digital electronics circuits that implement missile guidance, video and digital signal processing. Our technology base includes high-speed digital electronics, configurable logic, and homogeneous / heterogeneous multiprocessor designs.

The Sr Principal Digital Design Engineer is responsible for the design, analysis, simulation, test, and integration of digital electronic modules and/or CCAs for Missile applications. The candidate should be experienced in all aspects of circuit card design including:

• Hardware designs with processors

• FPGAs

• Memory

• Industry interfaces, such as PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and UART

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience

• Minimum of 10 years of engineering digital circuit design experience to include the following:

• Development and design of electronic circuit designs, multi-assembly system/unit design

• Ability to take a design concept from the block diagram or requirements level to development of a complete hardware design, and verification via test and integration

• Experience with PCB design process and expertise in tools used to design (schematic capture), analyze and simulate designs prior to hardware execution.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

• Experience using Mentor Graphics Design Creation (Siemens EDA) tools: DxDesigner, xDX Designer VX, and Xilinx (Zynq Ultrascale, Vivado, Atrix)

• Experience with embedded test techniques, design for test, design margin analysis and design for production for complex circuit card assemblies between 16 and 32 layers

• Experience using PCB electronic circuit design software: HyperLynx signal integrity, power integrity, and analog simulation, Xpedition Enterprise (xPCB)

• Capable of functioning in multi-disciplined design teams across multiple projects

• Experience with FPGA code development or software

• Experience leading a program transition from development to production

• Team and project leadership skills

• Experience managing technical/schedule risks to identify cost reduction opportunities to meet assigned deadlines

• Knowledgeable in cost/schedule development and management

• A strong advocate for process improvement

• Experience with intellectual property generation (patents & publications)

What We Offer

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX