FPGA Engineer II

Job Title

FPGA Engineer II

Role Summary

Join the Multi-Product Power & Digital (MPD) team to design, implement, verify, and sustain production-quality FPGA-based solutions for defense systems (missiles/effectors, radars, electronic warfare). The role focuses on digital FPGA development, architecture support, and delivery from design through production and sustainment.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of relevant FPGA/ASIC design or verification experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver and support FPGA designs across the product lifecycle; communicate status and documentation.

• Provide full lifecycle support for production-quality FPGA designs for vendors such as AMD (Xilinx), Intel/Altera, and Microchip (Microsemi).
• Develop FPGA implementations for gigabit serial interfaces, RF DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing, and processor interfaces.
• Assist system architecture development to select parts, define interfaces, and capture CONOPS.
• Design and code in VHDL with emphasis on reliability and maintainability.
• Support design verification using self-checking tests, directed and constrained-random techniques, and track functional/code coverage.
• Integrate and debug FPGA/ASIC hardware in a lab environment.
• Report execution status against budget and schedule using an agile framework.
• Create and maintain requirements, verification plans, and user documentation.
• Function as an individual contributor and present work to technical leadership.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, security clearance, and experience; followed by preferred skills.

• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance. Active DoD Secret clearance required (existing clearance expected after day 1).
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant FPGA/ASIC design or verification experience.
• Experience with FPGA/ASIC design (VHDL and/or Verilog) or verification (SystemVerilog).
• Experience with vendor devices and toolchains such as AMD Vivado, Intel/Altera Quartus Prime Pro, or Microchip Libero.
• Hands-on experience integrating and debugging FPGA/ASIC in a lab environment.
• Experience with source code management, design reviews, and code release in a team environment.

• Embedded systems experience with ARM, MicroBlaze, or NIOS processors.
• Experience with gigabit serial interfaces and multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs).
• Constrained-random verification (UVM/SystemVerilog) and high-level synthesis (HLS) experience.
• Experience with vector processors/GPUs, timing closure, clock-domain crossing, reset-domain crossing analysis, and constraint development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design efforts or small teams.

Education Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). Advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering or related STEM fields are valued. A suitable degree may be counted as up to 2 years of experience; equivalent practical experience is also considered.

About the Company

Company: Raytheon Technologies

Headquarters: Arlington, VA, USA

Raytheon Technologies is an Aerospace and Defense company offering advanced systems and services for commercial, military, and government customers worldwide. Formed in 2020 from the merger of Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation, it operates through three major business units: Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. The company specializes in delivering cutting-edge solutions across various fields including quantum physics, hypersonics, and cybersecurity.