Raytheon Technologies

Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - RF/Microwave Design (Onsite)

Raytheon Technologies$145K — $276K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in STEM with 10 years of experience or an advanced degree with 7 years' experience
  • Proven experience in RF/microwave hardware design and development
  • Expertise in microwave and higher frequency hardware design (up to ~40 GHz)
  • Familiarity with RF/microwave, digital, and power electronics on complex boards
  • Skills in schematic capture, component selection, and hardware debugging

Responsibilities

  • Communicate critical information to executive leadership and conduct briefings
  • Solve undefined problems in challenging environments
  • Lead RF/microwave hardware designs from concept to production
  • Define system and component-level architecture
  • Translate system requirements into workable hardware solutions
  • Design and develop mixed-signal and power circuitry
  • Perform validation and debugging of designs using lab equipment

Benefits

  • Extensive compensation package including healthcare and wellness benefits
  • Parental leave and flexible work schedules
  • Recognition programs and career development opportunities
  • Relocation assistance offered
  • Values-driven environment promoting safety, trust, respect, and collaboration
Full Job Description
Date Posted:
2026-06-29
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-CA-GOLETA-H01 ~ 6380 Hollister Ave ~ BLDG H01
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

What You Will Do
  • Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization. May conduct briefings with senior leaders.
  • Ability to succeed in an environment where problems and issues faced are numerous and typically undefined where information is difficult to obtain.
  • Own and lead RF/microwave hardware designs from concept through production.
  • Lead in defining system, module, and component-level architecture.
  • Translate system requirements into block diagrams, schematics, and hardware solutions.
  • Design and develop RF, microwave, mixed-signal, and power circuitry.
  • Create schematics, select components, and support PCB/CCA design.
  • Contribute to integrated RF assemblies including amplifiers, filters, mixers, LNAs, PAs, and related subsystems.
  • Use industry-standard tools such as HFSS, ADS, Genesys, SPICE, and MATLAB.
  • Analyze performance across frequency, noise, gain, linearity, and signal integrity domains.
  • Debug and validate designs at the board and module level.
  • Use lab equipment including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, signal generators, and power supplies.
  • Serve as a leader within the RF/microwave design team and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
  • Provide technical leadership to teams of 3-6 people, including plans and execution on one or more simultaneous programs to meet technical, schedule, and cost requirements.
  • Support design reviews and technical trade studies across the full lifecycle.
  • Support proposals for both Cost and Technical Volumes.
  • Mentor and develop the engineering and technical talent within the team.
  • Occasional travel to support integration activities at Raytheon facilities, subcontractors, or customer sites as needed.


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 and minimum 7 years' experience.
  • Experience leading the design and development of RF/microwave hardware.
  • Experience designing hardware operating into microwave and higher-frequency regimes (up to ~40 GHz and beyond).
  • Experience with RF/microwave, digital, and power electronics on complex boards.
  • Experience with schematic capture, component selection, and hardware debug.


Qualifications We Prefer
  • Background in Electronic Warfare, radar, aerospace, defense, or similarly demanding hardware environments.
  • Experience supporting hardware through integration, test, and production.
  • Experience in defense program engineering oversight including formal tracking of requirements, cost, and schedule.


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 Goleta, CA: Welcome to Raytheon in Goleta, CA
  • 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


#LI-TR1

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 145,600 USD - 276,800 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.

Raytheon Technologies Careers

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At Raytheon Technologies, you’ll be part of a company that values innovation and leadership. Our team is dedicated to solving some of the most complex challenges in aerospace and defense, making significant impacts worldwide. With a culture that fosters diversity and inclusion, you will collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

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1922
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