PM&P Electrical Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:
2025-10-09
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HTX36: Richardson, TX 3200 E Renner Rd , Richardson, TX, 75082-2402 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.Security Clearance:
DoD Clearance: Secret

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

We are currently seeking a Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer at Richardson, TX to work Parts, Materials, and Process. As a critical team member and leadership partner, the Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer will design, develop, and integrate the most technologically advanced systems in the world. This role is a lead position, responsible for clean sheet and upgrading electronic solutions. The person will work with other experienced engineers with extensive backgrounds in circuit card and firmware design, as well as mentoring less experienced engineers as they complete circuit card designs. The candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and will have the ability to work self-guided yet collaboratively in a team environment.

What You Will Do:

• Provide hardware design guidance for parts and processes alignment for MIL-STD-11991 compliance
• Review designs and provide direction with a working knowledge of MIL-STD-11991 Prohibitied (Parts, Materials, and Processes) PM&P
• Review engineering part selection for qualification to MIL-STD-11991A, MIL-STD-1568, and other program-specific requirements.
• Recommend and assist in selecting form-fit-function replacements and alternate sources of supply
• Create non-conforming/variance component reports to be reviewed by PM&P review board.
• Draft component specifications to ensure parts can be manufactured to meet program requirements.
• Utilize your extensive experience in designing digital and analog products including microprocessor systems, low-power supplies, communication subsystems.
• Utilize your extensive experience with circuit design, including schematic capture, power, FPGA resource utilization
• Complete Knowledge of or experience with PCB layout, board stack ups, via structures, grounding strategies, impedance matching, trace width calculations
• Utilize your extensive experience with signal integrity and designing for high-speed designs.
• Use your in-depth familiarity with signal integrity, best practices, and ability to coordinate with subject matter experts (SMEs) to provide and/or source the needed inputs for subject matter experts to run models
• Utilize your extensive experience with pre-placement of components and ability to coordinate with mechanical engineers to generation board outline files for circuit cards

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
• Extensive Experience with Components identification and selection
• Experience with Mixed Signal Design: One or more of the following. A/D Converters, Digital Down Converters, D/A Converters, Digital Waveform Generators, Mixed Signal CCAs, Mixed Signal Modules and Subsystems
• Digital Hardware: One or more of the following. Subsystem/Module Digital Circuits, FPGA/ASICs, COTS Interfaces, Subsystem Development, VME/PCI interfaces Digital Systems, System Trades, Architecture, Embedded Processing
• Ability to generate and communicate requirements and specifications for vendors to facilitate the quote and design of new hardware
• Experience with new architecture development
• 7 years using Accuris/IHS Part Intelligence, GIDEP, Part Finder or equivalent

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Active DoD security clearance
• Extensive parts/components selection, qualification, and testing for micro components functioning in the Aerospace environments.
• 5+ years using DLA ASSIST and/or DLA Qualified Products Database (QPD/QPL)
• Recent experience with 3U VPX and/or SOSA hardware
• Understanding of backplane topologies, slot and module profiles of 3U VPX card sets
• Prior experience in SAP environment
• Circuit board design with Xilinx and/or Altera FPGA/SoCs
• TEMPEST design experience
• Working knowledge of EMI/EMC standards for military applications.
• Experience designing Military Aircraft applications
• Experience using ALM tools including Jira and Confluence
• Experience working with industry standard toolsets for requirement capture and task (e.g. DOORs, Microsoft Project)
• Experience in developing test procedures and test fixtures
• Ability to read, create, and review engineering drawings including schematics, assembly drawings and parts lists
• RF design experience
• Experience interfacing to RF circuitry and high-speed A/D D/A conversion
• Experience with implementation of high-speed backplanes
• Experience with Mentor Graphics tool suite
• Proven analytical skills using in-circuit simulation (Matlab, LT Spice)
• Knowledge of firmware development, design, and test using suitable toolsets (Xilinx Vivado, ModelSim)
• Experience with CAM (Cost Account Management) duties
• Ability to lead teams and report status to management

What We Offer

• 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
• And more!

Learn More & Apply Now!

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.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 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.

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