Principal Electrical Engineer-FPGA Verification

RTX • Tewksbury, MA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
The Radar Digital Products (RDP) Department at Raytheon is seeking an experienced Principal level Electrical Engineer to verify FPGA based designs for control and/or signal processing radar applications.
This position can be for the Tewksbury, MA location or the Marlborough, MA location.
What You Will Do
Own or contribute to the successful completion of FPGA-based designs, on time and on budget
Verify designs utilizing self-checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests, while tracking functional and code coverage using UVM
Create complete documentation including verification plan and report
Demonstrate self-motivation, with little supervision required
Work cooperatively with systems, hardware, software engineers, and program management to ensure product success
Support internal and external technical reviews

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
• Digital design verification
• Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog for both design and verification (interfaces, clocking blocks, assertions)
• Hands-on experience building UVM-based testbenches from scratch, including env, agent, scoreboard, and coverage components
• Solid understanding of constrained-random verification and functional coverage methodology
• Familiarity with AXI, PCIe, Ethernet, DDR protocols.
• Experience with industry-standard simulators (e.g., Questa, VCS, Xcelium)
• Experience with regression management and debug of complex, intermittent failures
• Ability to develop and maintain verification plans tied to design specifications and coverage closure criteria
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git, ClearCase, SVN) in a team-based development environment

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency with Git. Branching strategies, pull requests, and collaborative workflows
• Experience with UVMF (UVM Framework) for structured, reusable testbench development
• Familiarity with Vivado and Quartus FPGA simulation flows
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Tcl, Perl) for test automation and tooling
• Experience designing FPGAs using VHDL
• Familiarity with SLURM workload manager for job scheduling and compute cluster resource management
• Prior experience mentoring junior verification engineers
• Existing DoD security clearance

Responsibilities

• Own or contribute to the successful completion of FPGA-based designs, on time and on budget
• Verify designs utilizing self-checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests, while tracking functional and code coverage using UVM
• Create complete documentation including verification plan and report
• Demonstrate self-motivation, with little supervision required
• Work cooperatively with systems, hardware, software engineers, and program management to ensure product success
• Support internal and external technical reviews

Benefits

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration and Innovation.
• This position is eligible for relocation.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees