**Date Posted:** 2025-08-13 **Country:** United States of America **Location:** HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA **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:** DoD Clearance: TS/SCI Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. Collins Aerospace Mission Systems Advanced Technology & Capabilities (ATC) Engineering seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to join the Disruptive Systems Technology Team. Our cross-discipline team solves defense customers’ toughest problems through rapidly developing, integrating, and demonstrating systems that employ cutting-edge signal processing and networking innovations. We pride ourselves on creativity, facing challenging and complex problems head on, and pushing the limits of the possible – all to provide the Warfighter with the most responsive and disruptive capabilities that navigate the intersection of communications; position, navigation & timing (PNT); cyber space; and other radio frequency (RF) systems. **What You Will Do:** + Design and develop innovative solutions for communication, navigation, radar and electronic warfare applications + Derive requirements for new concepts and systems from overall project goals + Develop, champion and pursue new approaches and solutions. + Collaborate closely across multi-disciplinary teams to rapidly identify and implement innovative, effective solutions + Create and deliver technical presentations that articulate design approaches and their relevance to project objectives + Lead assigned tasks with accountability for technical execution, cost, schedule, and design-to-cost/manufacturability targets + Lead small project teams (3–5 members), providing technical direction and mentorship + Ability to travel up to 15%. **Qualifications You Must Have:** + Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience **or** an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience + Experience with rapid systems prototyping, signal processing and hardware engineering + Experience with open architectures and standards + Experience with software defined radios (SDRs) or multi-function radio frequency (MFRF) systems + Experience with modulation/demodulation, encoding/decoding, channel modeling, etc **Qualifications We Prefer:** + Specialized experience in Digital Signal Processing, FPGAs, embedded processors and communications systems + Experience leading focused technology research and development efforts + Experience with Electronic Warfare (EW) and Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) systems + Communications design and simulation experience with tools such as Matlab and Simulink + Familiar with Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning techniques. + Experience leading field demonstrations and integration of RF systems and platforms + Experience in algorithm development, simulation, and implementation using tools such as VHDL, Python and C/C++ Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top Secret with SCI security clearance **What We Offer:** 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! **Learn more and apply now!** Mission Systems: Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today. *Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to 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. Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day. The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 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. 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