Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

Date Posted:

2026-10-08

 Country:

United States of America

 Location:

US-TX-MCKINNEY-513WD ~ 2501 W University Dr ~ WING D BLDG

 Position Role Type:

Onsite

 U.S. Citizen, U.S.

Person, or Immigration Status Requirements

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

 Security Clearance Type:

DoD Clearance: Secret

 Security Clearance Status:

Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can.

Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Raytheon is seeking a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to support program area responsibilities for the Optics Center in the Optics Electronics Department.

This is an onsite position located in our McKinney, TX campus.

What You Will Do

• Lead trade studies and define architecture at the circuit card and/or sub-system level.
• Establish a hierarchical decomposition of work when flowed down a set of requirements such that a large effort can be effectively managed.
• Lead the design, analysis, test, and documentation of digital electronics circuit card assemblies including embedded processors, FPGAs, memories, and industry standard interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, Coaxpress, Aurora, Cameralink, I2C, SPI, and UART.
• Partner with ECAD drafters through stack up definition, pre/post-route simulation (SI/PI), layout, and routing activities.
• Plan and execute integration and verification activities in engineering laboratories.
• Support root cause failure investigations.
• Drive execution to the planned budget and schedule.
• Lead medium sized teams to success.
• Coach, review, and delegate work to junior engineers.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert within discipline.
• Lead internal and external technical reviews.
• Support customer interactions and relations.
• Contribute to product and technology roadmaps.
• Make improvements to processes, systems or products to enhance overall performance
• Participate in the creation of proposals for both Cost and Technical Volumes.
• Occasional business travel may be required.
• Engage in personal technical growth and facilitate technical growth in peers and junior engineers.
• Utilize technical leadership as part of a cross-disciplinary product development team collaborating with electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers.

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 with 7 years of experience.
• Design experience interfacing with complex embedded devices (microprocessors, FPGAs, memory, high-speed transceivers).
• Experience maturing design concepts from the block diagram or requirements level to development of complete, verified digital designs.
• Experience with a schematic capture/circuit board layout CAD package.
• Experience working with standard lab equipment for integration and verification testing of hardware designs.

Qualifications

We Prefer

• Advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering or a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major.
• Experience designing at the circuit card stack level to meet concerns of adjacent disciplines, such as thermal, structural, mechanical, reliability, and quality.
• Experience with embedded test techniques, design for test, design for manufacturing, and/or design margin analysis.
• Experience with a formal design process for circuit card assemblies.
• Proven ability to debug and resolve complex hardware issues during integration and qualification testing.
• Advanced knowledge of high-speed protocols, such as PCIe, Ethernet, and high-speed memory interfaces.
• Siemens Xpedition: xDX Designer.
• Experience with complex, multi-lamination circuit card assemblies with 16+ layers.
• Expertise with Xpedition's Constraint Editor System (CES), routing practices for high-speed signals, and guiding Electronic Computer-Aided Design (ECAD) personnel through PCB layout and technical drawing creation.
• Experience with FPGA code development or software.
• Experience with performing circuit card assembly-level architecture trades, and/or with system-level power architecture trades.
• Experience documenting technical topics and presenting to customers and senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead successful teams.
• Experience managing technical, cost, and schedule risks and opportunities with project management tools such as Earned Value and/or Agile Execution.
• Experience communicating and documenting technical topics and presenting to customers and management.
• Experience leading a program transition from development to production.
• Proposal development experience.
• Experience with intellectual property generation (patents & publications).
• Demonstrated mentorship of junior engineers.

What We Offer

• A total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include 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.

Learn More & Apply Now!

• 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.
• This position requires onsite work in McKinney, TX: North Texas: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-north-texas-location
• This position requires security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm

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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 132,400 USD - 251,600 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, parenta