{"id":52122,"url":"https://alion.io/job/curtiss-wright-principal-hardware-engineer","title":"Principal Hardware Engineer","company":{"id":12181,"name":"Curtiss-Wright","domain":"curtisswright.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/curtiss-wright","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":79,"open_postings":42,"ghost_share":0.024,"stale_share":0.762,"repost_share":0.024,"time_to_fill_p50_days":47,"computed_at":"2026-11-07T05:47:08Z"}},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Newtown, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":117000,"max_usd":217000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":656},"experience_years_min":15,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-11T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-21","last_verified_at":"2026-11-07T07:33:11Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":88,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":88},"description":"Principal Hardware Engineer\nOur TTC facility in Newtown, PA is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer to lead mixed-signal PWB design, including analog, digital, power, and FPGA/microcontroller systems.\nThe Principal Hardware Engineer serves as the senior technical authority for the design, development and evaluation of complex electronic integrated hardware systems. This role leads advanced engineering initiatives, establishes design and performance standards, resolves high-impact technical challenges, and guides cross-functional teams in developing reliable, cost-effective, and manufacturable hardware solutions aligned with long-term business and product objectives.\nAs a Principal Hardware Engineer working at the Newtown PA site this role will be key to driving forward the product development goals of the next generation of Flight Test instrumentation products including: Data acquisition systems, high speed recorders and digital radio products.\nLocation: Newtown, PA\nSalary Range: $155,000 to $185,000 annually plus bonus\nPlease note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline only, reflecting a position based in Pennsylvania. Criteria such as the candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience, the scope of the specific position, as well as market and business considerations will be evaluated when extending an offer.\nWe Take Care of Our People\nPaid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness BenefitsILearning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture *\nYour Challenge:\nLead the design, development and optimization of advanced hardware products to meet functional, performance and manufacturability requirements.\nAnalyze specifications, industry technology standards, and system requirements to determine feasible design approaches and define technical solutions for complex engineering challenges.\nDevelop and maintain detailed engineering documentation, procedures and manuals while ensuring alignment across technical teams both in product development and initial product production launch.\nCoordinate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve design issues, assess technical and economic feasibility and lead engineering teams and project groups through execution.\nWhat You Bring:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.\n15-20+ years of hardware engineering experience with increasing technical leadership responsibility.\nExpert-level understanding of mixed signal (analog/digital) electronic design, with a focus on high speed communication systems.\nExpert level understanding of signal and power integrity within PWB design.\nIndustry experience with aviation or military end products .\nDemonstrated success leading complex hardware design initiatives from concept through validation and release.\nStrong capability in feasibility analysis, material and component evaluation, system modeling and design optimization.\nExtensive experience developing test plans, directing validation activities and establishing performance standards.\nProven ability to resolve high-impact technical issues and guide multidisciplinary engineering teams.\nStrong documentation, specification development and cross-functional communication skills.\nRecognized technical mentor and contributor to enterprise-level hardware strategy and innovation.\nAbout Us:\nOur Values\nEnvironmental, Social and Governance\nJoin the WRIGHT Team!\nTTC, a Curtiss-Wright company, are a recognized leader in comprehensive and integrated data acquisition through telemetry systems that include data analysis units, sensors, transmitters, receivers, and ground station analysis tools to measure, record, transmit, and analyze aircraft and munitions parameters during test flights. TTC have a broad exposure on more than 140 programs, including high-performance military aircraft such as the F-35 and F-18, major defense flight test centers, spacecraft, missile programs, and commercial and business jets. Key products include data acquisition units, recorders, network products, RF networks, airborne transmitters and receivers, and telemetry expansion cards.\nTo Learn more, please visit us at Curtiss Wright | TTC\nNo unsolicited agency submittals please. Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by ourTalent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal. Resumes submitted directly to any Curtiss-Wright employee or affiliate will not qualify for fee payment, and therefore become the property of Curtiss-Wright.\nCompliance Statement\nThis position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening. In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn.\nCurtiss-Wright is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition.\nFor US Applicants: EEO is The Law - click here for more information.\nIf you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5716,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Nuclear Energy","Aerospace Manufacturing","Naval Systems","Defense Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-08-11T00:00:00Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"Filed H-1B visas in the last two years","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-07T07:57:00+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":17,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.476,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":88,"expected_fill_days":47,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-07T05:47:08Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/curtiss-wright-principal-hardware-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/curtiss-wright-principal-hardware-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-07T12:19:54Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13658,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-08T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":12181},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=12181"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcurtiss-wright-principal-hardware-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcurtiss-wright-principal-hardware-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcurtiss-wright-principal-hardware-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/curtiss-wright-principal-hardware-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcurtiss-wright-principal-hardware-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":52122}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"curtisswright.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":52122},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}