PrincipalHardwareDesignEngineer

**Date Posted:** 2026-05-13 **Country:** United States of America **Location:** US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-130 ~ 5350 C Ave NE ~ BLDG 130 **Position Role Type:** Onsite **U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: ** U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract. **Security Clearance Type:** None/Not Required **Security Clearance Status:** Not Required We are seeking a highly motivated Principal Electrical Engineer to join the Computing Products Department within the Displays, Computing & Networking Directorate. This department is responsible for the development and sustainment of state-of-the-art avionics hardware products including ruggedized mission computers, video processing modules, and network products used in commercial and military aircraft platforms. This role is onsite, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This role supports all phases of the hardware development lifecycle—program pursuit, design, integration, verification, and factory transition. The selected candidate will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, including Systems, Software, Mechanical, Environmental Effects, Manufacturing/Operations, and Design-to-Cost teams, to ensure all product requirements are successfully achieved. Strong expertise in high-speed digital circuit board design, EMI control, manufacturability, testability, and thermal management is essential **What You Will Do:** * Design and analyze Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA) for Avionics Computers (Processors, Memory, interfaces) * Work with lab equipment for integration testing of hardware designs * Schematic capture of digital/analog mixed signal electrical circuit designs * Avionics I/O (Ethernet, ARINC 429, MIL-STD 1553, PCIe * Oversight of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) layout * Design to Cost (DTC), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Test (DFT) * Mentoring and delegating tasks to less experienced engineers **Qualifications You Must Have:**