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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 spanet. 

We are currently seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer with a power design background at Richardson, TX. As a critical team member and electronics architect, the Principal Electrical Engineer will design, develop, and integrate the most technologically advanced systems in the world.  The Principal Electrical Engineer is a lead position responsible for clean sheet and upgrade electronic solutions. The Principal Electrical Engineer 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 power supply or power-centric 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:

• Experience in designing high power systems or power supplies.
• Experience with determining power usage and performing thermal derating
• Knowledge of or experience with PCB layout, board stack ups, via structures, grounding strategies, impedance matching, trace width calculations
• Experience with power circuitry simulation tools
• Experience with pre-placement of components and ability to coordinate with mechanical engineers to generation board outline files for circuit cards
• Ability to generate and communicate requirements and specifications for vendors to facilitate the quote and design of new hardware
• Experience with developing power and grounding architecture/plan at a subsystem or rack level
• Experience in industry circuit board design tools (Xpedition Enterprise preferred)
• The ability to train and mentor early-career engineers
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications You Must Have:

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

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Must possess or have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Top Secret clearance. Selected candidate will be subject to security investigations/reinstatements and must meet eligibility requirements.
• Active possession of an active U.S. government issued Secret or Top Secret clearance.
• Working knowledge of MIL-STD-704 for power in military applications
• TEMPEST design experience
• Working knowledge of EMI/EMC standards for military applications.
• Experience designing for Military Aircraft applications
• Experience using ALM tools including Jira and Confluence
• Experience working with industry standard toolsets for requirement capture and task management (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
• Experience designing power for RF circuitry
• Experience with Mentor Graphics tool suite
• Proven analytical skills using in-circuit simulation (Matlab, LT Spice)
• Experience with CAM (Cost Account Management) duties
• Ability to lead teams and report status to management

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.

Eligible for relocation

*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. 

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings. 

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 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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