Senior FPGA Engineer

Job Title

Senior FPGA Engineer

Role Summary

Develop and deliver production-quality FPGA designs across major vendors (AMD, Altera, Microchip, Lattice) for defense-related electronics. Work within the Effector Subsystems Products (ESP) team to take designs from requirements and architecture through verification, integration, and production release.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of relevant electrical engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Primary engineering and delivery responsibilities for FPGA-based embedded processing and system interfaces.

• Design and deliver FPGA releases from proof-of-concept through production.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, software engineers, and program management on requirements, architecture, and integration.
• Develop RTL (VHDL) for reliability, maintainability, and reuse.
• Verify designs using directed and constrained-random tests; track functional and code coverage.
• Create and maintain requirements, verification plans, user guides, and configuration artifacts.
• Support integration, lab debug, and system-level testing using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and related tools.
• Participate in internal and external technical reviews and drive projects to schedule and budget.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for day-one effectiveness.

• Minimum 5 years professional experience in digital design and HDL coding targeting configurable logic devices.
• Proven experience delivering FPGA solutions for system-level applications.
• Extensive hands-on experience with one or more FPGA vendor families and toolchains (Altera/Intel, AMD, Microchip, Lattice).
• Experience with timing constraints and achieving timing closure on FPGA designs.
• Digital simulation experience (e.g., Questa, RivieraPro or similar) and verification methodologies.
• Proficiency with scripting or programming (Python or C) for test, automation, or tooling.
• Practical lab integration and debug skills using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and hardware platforms.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance is required.

Nice-to-have

• Radar, image, or RF/EO signal-processing experience; gigabit/multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs) knowledge.
• Experience with embedded processors / SoC integration (MicroBlaze, Nios, ARM) and Linux-based FPGA workflows.
• Familiarity with interfaces/protocols such as AXI, PCIe, SPI, I2C and tools like Git/GitHub.
• Knowledge of encryption standards (AES, RSA, ECC) and hardware verification on platforms.
• Prior technical lead or project lead experience.

Education Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics) and a minimum of 5 years relevant experience. Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical or Computer Engineering is listed as preferred.

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.