Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

Location: US-CA-GOLETA-H01 ~ 6380 Hollister Ave ~ BLDG H01.

Security Clearance: DoD Clearance: Confidential. U.S. citizenship required. The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.

What You Will Do

• Lead the design and development of airborne electronic products while meeting attendant size, weight, power, reliability, and cost requirements.
• Communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization and may conduct briefings with senior leaders.
• Strive to succeed in an environment where problems and issues faced are numerous, typically undefined, and information is difficult to obtain.
• Work in an environment with a broad range of mixed‑signal circuits including but not limited to Power, Analog, Digital, FPGA, SoC, and SubSystems.
• Support Radar Warning Receivers (RWR) and other Electronic Warfare (EW) products requiring familiarity with Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry and system interfaces.
• Support multiple programs concurrently and be responsible for generating requirements documentation, design artifacts, verification and test plans, trade studies, failure root cause and corrective actions, presentations, and other documentation.
• Utilize technical leadership as part of a cross‑disciplinary product development team collaborating with electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers.
• Participate in the creation of proposals for both Cost and Technical Volumes.
• Occasional business travel may be required.

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 or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 7 years’ experience.
• Experience with modern electronic system design, including high‑performance FPGAs, Flash and DDR memory interfaces, Analog‑to‑Digital (A/D) and Digital‑to‑Analog (D/A) conversion, DC/DC and AC/DC power conversion, and overall mixed‑signal circuit analysis.

Mandatory Experience

• Schematic capture, PCB layout support, signal integrity analysis, and validation of FPGA‑based digital and mixed‑signal systems, including power conversion and power delivery network design.
• Electronic design and simulation tools such as Mentor Xpedition (or equivalent schematic/layout platforms), SPICE‑based simulators, MATLAB, and HyperLynx SI for high‑speed signal integrity analysis.
• Experience developing system‑level block diagrams and defining hardware architectures, including creation and management of detailed Bills of Materials (BOMs) for complex electronic assemblies.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience designing FPGA‑based circuitry and JTAG programming of FPGA devices.
• Electrical design and analysis with Mentor Graphics XPedition and HyperLynx SI, SPICE.
• Experience with design of CCAs with FPGAs, flash memory, DDR RAM, ADCs, DACs, power conversion integrated circuits, and supporting analog circuits.
• Experience with RF components or specifications and creating POL supplies for RF circuitry.
• Experience with mentoring others.

What We Offer

• A total rewards package that includes compensation, healthcare, wellness, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs; parental (including paternal) leave; flexible work schedules; achievement awards; educational assistance; and child/adult backup care.
• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, Innovation, and Safety.
• Relocation assistance available.

Other Mandatory Requirements

• Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite in Goleta, CA.
• This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS) handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found at

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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.