Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - ASIC/FPGA

Company: Raytheon Technologies

Location: El Segundo, California, United States

Date Posted: 2026-01-19

Role Summary

The Senior Principal Electrical Engineer will be involved in the design, implementation, verification, and integration of a wide variety of high-performance digital ASICs and FPGAs. This role focuses on signal processing and information assurance products across Mission Systems on the Microelectronics Technology team.

Experience Level

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) with a minimum of 10 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field with a minimum of 7 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Requirements capture and ASIC/FPGA digital architecture and design using RTL.
• Contribute to engineering estimates for new program pursuits.
• Provide technical leadership by breaking down work, planning activities, and reporting status.
• Recommend new tools and practices for continuous improvement in ASIC/FPGA design flow.

Requirements

• Experience with RTL coding and simulation in VHDL or Verilog.
• Able to understand System Architecture to develop FPGA implementation.
• Skills in digital circuit architecture, design, resource tradeoffs, timing analysis, and timing closure.
• Testbench development for verification of RTL blocks using VHDL or System Verilog.
• Familiarity with ASIC and/or FPGA simulation and synthesis tools (e.g., Modelsim, Synplify, Quartus, Vivado).
• Knowledge of revision control concepts and tools (e.g., Git, Subversion).
• Must possess an active and transferable U.S. government issued secret security clearance prior to start date.
• Proficiency in Unix, scripting, C/C++, and/or Perl is preferred.

Education Requirements

A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) required, with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field with a minimum of 7 years of experience.