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Senior RF Electrical Engineer (Onsite)

RTX Corporation

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Compensation
$87–165K/yr
Location
cedar rapids, IA
Work Authorization
Citizenship required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance, required

Job overview

The Senior RF Electrical Engineer will design and develop radio-frequency hardware for high-performance communication products used in ground, airborne, and space applications. The role includes circuit-card design lifecycle work, printed wiring board coordination, test planning, root-cause analysis, integration, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates need a STEM degree and relevant experience, or an advanced degree with a lower experience threshold; several design tools and Agile experience are preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Schematic Capture, nice to haveMentor Graphics XdXDesigner, nice to haveXpedition, nice to haveAltium, nice to haveCadence Allegro, nice to haveEAGLE, nice to haveKiCAD, nice to haveMATLAB, nice to haveAWR Microwave Office, nice to havePSpice, nice to haveKeysight ADS, nice to haveAnsys HFSS, nice to haveAgile Development, nice to haveJIRA, nice to have

Qualifications

STEM Degree or Advanced Degree, required5+ Years Relevant Experience or Advanced Degree and 3+ Years, requiredU.S. Citizenship, requiredSecret Clearance or Ability to Obtain, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Parental Leave
Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Date Posted:

2026-11-13

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-137 ~ 855 35Th St NE ~ BLDG 137

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

The Communication Products Engineering Department in Mission Systems has an opening for a Senior Radio Frequency (RF) Electrical Engineer. This RF Engineer will design and develop RF hardware used in high-performance communication products, such as sophisticated software-defined radios, amplifiers, receivers, exciters, and data links designed for various ground, airborne, and space applications.

Successful candidates should expect to be immersed in a fast-paced, team-based, and challenging technical environment where an individual with talent and initiative can stand out and thrive. To view more on Mission Systems, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5C9hcL\_5Do .

Sign-on Bonus Eligible

What You Will Do

  • Apply electrical engineering principles and techniques to design, develop, document, verify, support, and troubleshoot RF hardware for communication products. Designs may use amplifiers, filters, mixers, circulators, synthesizers, etc.

  • Perform circuit card design lifecycle activities, including requirements capture, schematic capture, design documentation, and signal integrity analysis. Create board stack-up and routing instructions. Coordinate and review printed wiring board layout, create test plans, perform root cause analysis, and integration.

  • Work closely with a multidiscipline team to ensure defined requirements are consistently met in all phases of a product's lifecycle, including supporting integration and testing of the final product.

Qualifications You Must Have

  • U.S. Citizenship is required.

  • Must have or be capable of obtaining a U.S. DOD Secret Clearance. The candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements.

  • Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.

  • 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

Qualifications We Prefer

  • Experience with schematic capture of electrical circuit designs. Includes familiarity with a schematic capture tool (examples may include Mentor Graphics xDxDesigner and/or Xpedition, Altium, Cadence Allegro, EAGLE, KiCAD, etc.) for the creation of circuit card designs.

  • Familiarity with RF design tools such as MATLAB, AWR Microwave Office, pSpice, Keysight ADS, and Ansys HFSS.

  • Experience with Agile development methodologies, including planning, tracking, and managing hardware development tasks in JIRA, is a plus.

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

  • Carrot Health to hormonal health, fertility, and family building

  • 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

  • Eligible for Relocation

  • And more!

Learn More & Apply Now!

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.

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.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

#MISENG

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 86,800 USD - 165,200 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.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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How this job compares

Set against the 9,408 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 15, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$87–165K/yr
  • Iowa median$87–165K/yr79 salary ranges
  • US median$105–165K/yr6,390 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $126K, is close to the Iowa median midpoint ($126K) — in the middle half of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in Iowa.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 103 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Iowa and 9,408 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Iowa
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (7,949 postings).
Education
6,029 of the 9,408 open Electrical Engineer jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 15, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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