# Principal Hardware Engineer

Principal Hardware Engineer Our 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. The 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. As 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. Location: Newtown, PA Salary Range: $155,000 to $185,000 annually plus bonus Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline only, reflecting a position based in Pennsylvania. Criteria such as the candidate’s qual

- **Id**: 52122
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/curtiss-wright-principal-hardware-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Newtown, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-11T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-21
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T18:23:59Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 88
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5716
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Nuclear Energy, Aerospace Manufacturing, Naval Systems, Defense Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 12181
- **Name**: Curtiss-Wright
- **Domain**: curtisswright.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/curtiss-wright>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **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

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 117000
- **Max usd**: 217000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 656

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 88

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-08-11T00:00:00Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Filed H-1B visas in the last two years; Filings 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

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