Associate Director ASIC/FPGA Engineer (Onsite)

Job description

**Date Posted:**

2025-10-22
**Country:**

United States of America
**Location:**

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE
, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA
**Position Role Type:**

Onsite
**U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:**

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
**Security Clearance:**

DoD Clearance: Secret

This position is for a motivated Associate Director Electrical Engineering candidate to be involved in the strategy, pursuit, architecture, and full development life cycle of a wide variety of high-performance digital ASICs and FPGAs applied to signal processing and information assurance products across Mission Systems on the Product Enabling Technologies team.

**What You Will Do:**

+ Develop ASIC and FPGA architecture, requirements, design and test strategies
+ Work with systems to drive design approaches and ASIC/FPGA engineering estimates for new program pursuits.
+ Act as subject matter expert and independent reviewer for bids, requirement and architecture reviews (RARs), critical design reviews (CDRs), and other program gate and milestone reviews
+ Formulate and drive strategic initiatives across the directorate that improve and evolve ASIC and FPGA engineering tools and practices
+ Plan project level work and meet schedule, cost, and performance goals
+ Provide technical leadership for project design teams by breaking down work, planning activities, and reporting status

**Qualifications You Must Have:**

+ Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience **or** an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience
+ Familiarity with best practice chip-level ASIC/FPGA design and verification techniques and languages
+ Digital circuit architecture, design, resource tradeoffs, timing analysis and timing closure
+ RTL coding and simulation in VHDL or Verilog
+ Testbench development for the verification of RTL blocks using VHDL or System Verilog.
+ Proficiency using ASIC and/or FPGA simulation and synthesis tools (e.g. Modelsim, Synplify, Quartus, Vivado, or other FPGA-specific tools)
+ Experience with Earned Value and Cost Account Management
+ Familiarity with revision control concepts and tools (e.g. Git, Subversion)
+ The ability to obtain a secret security clearance is required.

**Qualification We Prefer:**

+ Drive strategic product/technology roadmaps and process improvement initiatives
+ Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to document and present team’s work and status
+ Ability to lead teams with a variety of skills and backgrounds and matrix into projects with aggressive schedules and frequent milestones while managing scope, budget, and schedule
+ Experience bidding ASIC and FPGA development for new pursuits using SEER
+ Track record of working closely with external vendors and knowledge of industry trends
+ ASIC / FPGA lab validation with advanced lab equipment
+ Design for Test (DFT) and manufacturability issues
+ Experience with Unix, scripting languages, C/C+Do you want to be a part of something bigger?

A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond?

At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be.

Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions.

By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow.

Are you up for the challenge?

Join our mission today.



**What We Offer:**

Some of our competitive benefits package includes: 

+ Medical, dental, and vision insurance
+ Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
+ Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
+ Tuition reimbursement program
+ Student Loan Repayment Program
+ Life insurance and disability coverage
+ Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
+ Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
+ Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
+ Adoption Assistance         
+ Autism Benefit
+ Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
+ Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
+ Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
+ Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
+ Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
+  And more! 

**Learn more and apply now!**

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

**Onsite:** Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite.

This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

**_As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote._**

The salary range for this role is 147,000 USD - 295,000 USD.

The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.
RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

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.

This role is a U.S.-based role.

If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted.

However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

_RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class.

RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act._

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Required Skill Profession

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