Senior Electrical Design Engineer- Active Secret Clearance (Onsite)

Company: Collins Aerospace
Location: Cedar Rapids
Posted on: May 2, 2025

Job Description:

Date Posted:2025-03-31Country:United States of AmericaLocation:HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USAPosition Role Type:OnsiteDo you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond. At Collins Aerospace, our Trusted Mission Processing Department is responsible for developing product solutions that give those who defend our country the necessary technical advantage to keep our country safe. - Our team works on industry-leading product capabilities associated with Security, Flight Controls, and Mission Computing that enable secure communications and autonomous flight. - We are currently seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to provide a combination of engineering leadership & design in the development of state-of-the-art products with a highly accomplished team.The Mission Hardware team is seeking a determined and passionate Senior Electrical Design Engineer specializing in digital and high-speed processing designs that will be responsible for developing technical solutions to a wide range of complex problems related to the entire product life cycle, including proposal, design, manufacture, integration, test, and transition to production of various types of military ruggedized electronic equipment. 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 video and digital signal processing, high-speed digital electronics, and configurable logic. -The candidate will work with minimal direction or supervision while exercising considerable latitude in determining the technical objectives of the assignment.Successful candidates should expect to be immersed in a fast-paced, team-based, and challenging technical environment where an engineer with talent and initiative can stand out and thrive. To view more on Mission Systems, click . -What YOU Will Do:

• Design, analysis, simulation, test, and integration of digital electronic modules and/or circuit card assemblies (CCAs)
• Circuit card design including hardware designs with processors, FPGAs, memory, power regulators, and industry interfaces, such as: PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, QSPI, JTAG, and UART.
• Requirements capture management and verification for small to medium electronic packaging circuit cards.
• Prepare and present project technical information to peers and internal/external customers
• Identify and address project problems (Root Cause) and recommend resolutions (Corrective Actions) to ensure the successful completion of projects
• Design tools experience with requirements capture, schematic capture, signal integrity and timing analysis (ex. DxDesigner, DOORS, and Hyperlynx) with digital/analog mixed signal electrical circuit designs for military applications
• Create Printed Wiring Board layouts
• Facilitates project tasks between cross-functional integrated product teams to ensure alignment with overall project objectives and team collaboration
• Perform hardware requirements decomposition, creation, tracing, and validation.What YOU Will Learn:
  • Learn, discover and expand your knowledge about aerospace navigation systems and other various engineering disciplines
  • You will learn about the Command, Control, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence & Autonomy (C4IA) organization in Mission Systems
  • Learn and take advantage of opportunities to excel professionally with RTX's exceptional employee scholar programs and continuing education
  • Learn to thrive and be supported in a dynamic team-driven environment
  • Design hardware to meet rigorous military requirements for environment, functionality, and Size Weight and Power Cost (SWaP-C)
  • Experience as a technical lead and/or project lead of a team in the design, test, analysis, integration, qualification, and documentation of hardware of high complexity.Qualifications You Must Have:
    • -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 or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience
    • Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
    • U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
    • Experience with schematic capture and printed wiring board layout for digital/analog mixed signal electrical circuit designs
    • Experience with MIL-STD-810 and/or DO-160 environmental requirements or equivalent
    • Experience with electronic product packaging requirementsQualifications We Prefer:
      • Experience with Design to Cost (DTC+), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Test (DFT), and compliance with MIL-STD-810 (environmental), MIL-STD-461 (EMI), and MIL-HDBK-217F (reliability).
      • Familiarity with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), bid and proposal processes, and Agile methodologies (JIRA).
      • Expertise in PCIe, Ethernet standards (10GBase-KR, 1/10Gb UTP, etc.), and communication buses like 1553, ARINC 429, RS-422, RS-232, and RS-485.
      • Knowledge of ANSI/VITA VPX and VNX standards (42.0, 46.0, 48.0, etc.) and avionics-related standards such as RTCA DO-160, DO-248, DO-178, SAE ARP4754A, and ARP4761.
      • Experience with clock trees, spread spectrum clocking, DC/DC power supplies (Buck/Boost, LDOs), amplification stages, and filter circuits.What We OfferSome of our competitive benefits package includes:---
        • 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 you can buy 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
        • This role may be eligible for relocation
        • ---And more!---Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions - whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form - with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.The salary range for this role is 82,000 USD - 164,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act. Privacy Policy and Terms:Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms

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