Principal, ECAD Layout Design Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $107.5k - $204.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍🔧 Mechanical Engineer

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RTX

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2020

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

RTX is a globally recognized aerospace and defense company dedicated to transformative technologies and era-defining innovation. It operates through various businesses, including Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon, with a focus on sustainable, connected flight and smarter defense systems. RTX is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the company and aims to solve the world’s most complex problems with cutting-edge technology and talent. Additionally, RTX is involved in significant projects like upgrading the F135 Engine Core and developing missile-defense systems. The company emphasizes corporate responsibility and sustainable practices.

📋 Description

• Own ECAD design execution for assigned scope, including planning, coordination, and delivery aligned to program schedules and engineering requirements • Perform hands-on ECAD design and layout for complex printed circuit card assemblies, including multilayer rigid, flex, and HDI designs • Support schematic capture and layout implementation while managing high-speed, high-voltage, and high-current constraints • Communicate design status, technical risks, and schedule impacts to engineering stakeholders and program teams • Participate in cross-functional design reviews with Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Configuration Management • Develop and maintain fabrication, assembly, and design documentation packages • Manage ECAD data within PLM systems and ensure configuration management compliance • Incorporate DFM, DFA, and DFT principles throughout the layout process • Troubleshoot complex electrical, mechanical, and manufacturability issues with cross-functional teams • Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to junior designers • Support ECAD standards, library usage, and best practices across programs • Improve ECAD processes, systems, and design practices to enhance performance, quality, and efficiency • Coordinate ECAD activities for small projects or defined work scopes

🎯 Requirements

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience • Experience with PCB layout using ECAD tools; Siemens Xpedition preferred, with Cadence Allegro, Altium, or similar acceptable • Experience designing multilayer PCB layouts and supporting complex electrical designs • Experience managing electrical and physical constraints within PCB design tools • Experience with Siemens Xpedition VX or 2504 for complex PCB layout design preferred • Experience with high-layer-count PCBs and high-speed digital interfaces preferred • Familiarity with HDI, microvias, stacked microvias, flex circuits, and backplanes preferred • Experience with DDR4/DDR5 and high-speed design considerations preferred • Knowledge of signal integrity and power integrity principles preferred • Experience with DFM/DFA/DFT implementation in PCB design preferred • Familiarity with ECAD–MCAD data exchange processes preferred • Experience with PLM and configuration management systems preferred • IPC CID/CID+ or PCEA certification preferred • Experience in aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated industries preferred • Strong communication and ability to work across cross-functional engineering teams • U.S. citizenship required; only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees • 401(k) with employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution • Lifetime Income Strategy option • Tuition reimbursement program • Student Loan Repayment Program • Life insurance and disability coverage • Optional pet, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and ID theft protection insurance • Birth, adoption, and 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 • Flexible work schedules • Employee Scholar Program • Paid time off and holidays • Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed