FPGA Engineer I

RTX•McKinney, TX

20h•$57,200 - $108,800•Onsite

About The Position

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. In this role as an FPGA Engineer I, you will be supporting a development program within the Airborne RF Electronics Design Department. You will develop FPGA designs for all major vendors and device families including AMD, Altera, and Microchip. Designs commonly support the following applications: multi-gigabit interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing, and processor interfaces. Designers collaborate with circuit card designers and systems engineers to develop requirements, architecture, modeling of algorithms, partitioning, code development, simulation, and place and route. Designs are verified against requirements using both directed tests and constrained random methodologies. Design support is expected from requirements definition through production release. Design documentation and configuration management are required. This position is an onsite role, located in McKinney, TX

Requirements

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.
Experience in at least 3 of the following categories:
Digital Design and HDL coding targeting configurable logic devices
Experience in delivering FPGA solutions to system level applications
Experience in one or more brands of (Altera, Lattice, Microchip, AMD) FPGA devices and associated tools
Experience with integration and debug of electronics using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, etc.
Experience with FPGA timing constraints and timing closure
Experience with digital simulation such as Questa, RivieraPro or similar tools
Experience with Python or C programming
Experience with CI/CD pipelines
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance post-start is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Digital Design Knowledge &Radar processing techniques
Gigabit serial interfaces and multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs)
Experience with embedded processor and System on a Chip development for FPGA devices
Knowledge of embedded systems design using Microblaze, Nios or ARM processors a strong plus
Familiarity with the Linux environment and commands
Familiarity with AI LLM assisted workflows
FPGA design experience using a Linux-based development environment highly desired
Knowledge of git and GitHub
Knowledge of encryption/decryption standards such as AES, RSA, ECC, etc.
Knowledge of industry standard interfaces and protocols such as AXI, PCIe, SPI, I2C, etc.
Verification utilizing hardware platforms
Experience working in a team environment
Self-directed – Able to complete tasks with minimum oversight

Responsibilities

Provide full lifecycle support of production quality FPGA designs for one or more major vendors and device families including: AMD (Xilinx), Altera, and Microchip (Microsemi).
Work cooperatively with systems, hardware, software engineers, and program management to ensure product success
Design and code in VHDL for reliability, maintainability, reviewability and reusability
Verify designs utilizing self-checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests, while tracking functional and code coverage
Create complete documentation including requirements, verification plan, user’s guides and configuration management.
Design support from requirements definition through integration and test
Perform and participate in internal and external technical reviews
Assist drive projects and execute program schedules and budget