Raytheon Technologies

Principle HWIL Electrical Engineer

Raytheon Technologies$107K — $204K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 8+ years relevant experience
  • Electrical engineering design experience at circuit card and full system levels
  • Proficiency with design tools like Altium, DX Designer, and Xilinx Vivado
  • Experience with test equipment: Oscilloscopes, DMMs, and Network Analyzers
  • Ability to interpret and create schematics using schematic capture tools

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on missile flight simulation system development
  • Develop engineering and production test systems along with test interface adapters
  • Create technical drawings and schematics, conduct circuit design and analysis
  • Manage technical, cost, and schedule aspects of assigned projects
  • Identify and resolve issues in the development of test products

Benefits

  • Values centered on Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation
  • Relocation assistance based on eligibility
  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Retirement savings plans with company match
  • Flexible work schedules and paid time off as well as parental leave
Full Job Description
Date Posted:
2026-05-07
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-AL-HUNTSVILLE-315 ~ 315 Bob Heath Dr ~ BOB HEATH
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. 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:
Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

Raytheon's Hardware in the Loop (HWIL) Department in Huntsville, AL is a multi-discipline organization responsible for designing, building and integrating state of the art testing environments (flight simulators for missiles), as the last step before flight test. On our team, you will work with weapon system designers to understand requirements, design solutions, integrate, and deploy the systems to help support tactical software development, testing, and delivery for missiles to the warfighter.

This position is within the Effectors Center of the HWIL organization, and is an onsite role located in Huntsville, AL

What You Will Do
  • You will be a member of multidiscipline engineering teams performing design, development, and integration of missile flight simulation systems.
  • Typical work involves the development of both engineering and production test systems, test interface adapters, cabling, technical drawing creation, schematic creation, circuit design and analysis.
  • You will contribute to the completion of all stages of product development (CCA through systems level), and will be responsible for performing technical, cost and schedule management of their assigned projects.
  • You will be expected to act, either as a part of the team or independently, to uncover and resolve issues associated with the development and implementation of test products.


Qualifications You Must Have
  • Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
  • Electrical engineering design experience to include electronic design, troubleshooting, analysis, and test environments from the circuit card level up to a full system.
  • Experience with electrical engineering design and analysis tools such as: Altium, DX Designer, Mentor Capital, Creo Schematic and/or Xilinx Vivado
  • Experience with test equipment, such as: Oscilloscopes, DMMs, Network Analyzers and/or Power Meters
  • Experience using schematic capture tools and interpreting schematics


Qualifications We Prefer
  • Bid and proposal experience
  • A working knowledge of computer architecture and computer hardware optimization techniques
  • Ability to utilize existing designs as a starting point to interface with new units under test (UUTs) and UUT configurations when necessary
  • Experience with troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
  • Practical knowledge of project management
  • Experience with Architecture design
  • Leading large multi-disciplinary teams to include tasking responsibility
  • Budget responsibility


What We Offer
  • Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
  • Relocation Offered Based On Eligibility


Learn More & Apply Now!

Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for 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.
  • Location information: Huntsville, AL


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 107,500 USD - 204,500 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.

About Raytheon Technologies

Raytheon Solipsys, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Raytheon Company, is an industry leader in the development of integrated Command and Control (C2) Network-Centric solutions for the Domestic and International DoD and Homeland Security. Through proven systems and software engineering practices, built on the invention and application of innovative technologies, they deliver the C2 infrastructure necessary to effectively control security/military forces in any environment. Their reliable solutions assure information superiority, increased shared awareness, deep sensor reach, aircraft control, air defense, disaster management, and time-critical decision making.

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