Senior Principal Electrical Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-02-06

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-FL-MELBOURNE-307 ~ 1100 W Hibiscus Blvd ~ BLDG 307

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The company will offer immigration sponsorship for this position, if needed.​ The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.

Security Clearance Type:

None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

The Computing Solutions department (CSD) within Displays, Computing and Networking (DCN)has an opening for a SeniorPrincipal Electrical Engineer. CSDis responsible for the development and of newcomputingplatforms that will serve as the basis for our next generation avionics products.

Our platforms employ the following technologies and interfaces; Airborne Electronic Hardware including FPGAs, ASICs and MPSoCs. Avionics and processor interfaces including ARINC 429, Ethernet, AFDX, PCIe, CAN, RS-232, DDR, I2C, SPI.

What You Will Do:

• Responsibilities will include circuit card and sub-level module development, product certification, product transition, and product sustainment over the life cycle of the design.

• Responsible for design team technical execution and meeting stakeholder requirements

• Responsible forcommunication with our internal and external customers and coordination with the domain architects for the execution

• Responsible for executing solutions with a product line focus and striving to generate reuse and reapplication of the product line artifact lifecycle data.

• This position will provide anopportunity forhardware architect responsibilities as the product line customer base expands.

• Opportunity for project engineering and control account management (PE/CAM) functions.

• 5-10% travel as needed.

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.

• Hardware domainleadership through all stages of design lifecycle

• Hardware civil certification experience (DO-254, DO-297)

• Hardware requirements development including working with systems and subsystems teams to determine meaningful and testable requirements for the design

• Design experience interfacing with complex embedded devices (microprocessors, graphics processors, memory)

• Experience working with standard lab equipment for integration testing of hardware designs

• Experience with schematic capture of digital/analog mixed signal electrical circuit designs

• Understanding of Design to Cost (DTC+), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Test (DFT)

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Printed board (PWB) layoutexpertise

• Formal qualification experience (DO-160 or MIL-STD-810/MIL-STD-461 standards)

• Ability to work collaboratively with team members and independently on assigned tasks

What We Offer:

Benefits:

Some 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

• And more!

This position may be eligible for relocation.

Avionics delivers advanced cockpit displays, vision systems, and comprehensive digital solutions for global government, commercial and business aviation customers. We provide connectivity and managed data services to ensure safety and seamless communication for passengers, crews, and militaries, from aircraft and airports to air traffic management. Join us in creating solutions that connect the world, one flight at a time. Start your application today.

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.

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, 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.