Sr Principal EE FPGA Designer (onsite)

Job description

**Date Posted:**

2025-10-10
**Country:**

United States of America
**Location:**

IN301: 1010 Production Rd Ft Wayne IN 1010 Production Road
, Fort Wayne, IN, 46808 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

**Raytheon Company, Managed by Collins Aerospace**

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry.

Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

We are seeking a **Senior Principal EE FPGA Design Engineer** to work onsite in Fort Wayne, IN.

In this role you will develop FPGA designs for all major vendors and device families including: Xilinx, Altera, and Microsemi.

Designs are implemented using VHDL for the following applications: gigabit serial interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing and processor interfaces.

Designers work with circuit card designers and systems engineers to develop requirements, architect new parts, collaborative modeling of algorithms, partition and perform code development, simulation, and place and route.

Designs are verified against requirements using both directed test and constrained random methodologies.

Design support is expected from requirements definition through integration and test.

**This position requires US Citizenship with the ability to obtain a US security clearance.**

**What You Will Do:**

+ Deliver production-quality FPGA releases from initial proof of concept to production.
+ Architect FPGA-based systems to determine parts, interfaces, and Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
+ Translate system-level requirements into FPGA requirements.
+ Design and code in VHDL for reliability and maintainability.
+ Verify designs utilizing self-checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests, while tracking functional and code coverage.
+ Drive projects and execute program schedules on time and budget.
+ Create complete documentation including requirements, verification plans, and user’s guides.
+ Manage moderately sized projects or processes
+ Typically viewed as subject-matter expert within discipline
+ Operate with minimal oversight from manager
+ Coaches, reviews, and delegates work to junior engineers
+ Support internal and external technical reviews
+ Support customer interactions and relations
+ Make improvements to processes, systems or products to enhance overall performance

**Qualifications You Must Have:**

+ 8 years of experience in FPGA design, verification, and integration to include the following:
+ FPGA design (VHDL and/or Verilog coding), FPGA verification
+ Xilinx or Microsemi devices and flow tools
+ Delivering FPGA solutions to system level applications
+ Integration and debug of FPGA devices experience
+ Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
+ The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date.
+ U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

**Qualifications We Prefer:**

**FPGA design experience in one or more of the following areas:**

+ Radar processing techniques
+ System Verilog coding
+ Image processing techniques for visual and infrared sensors
+ Embedded systems design using ARM, Microblaze, or Nios processors
+ Gigabit serial interfaces and multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs)

**What We Offer** ​:

+ 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 ​

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**Learn More & Apply Now!** ​

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.

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

​This is an **Onsite** role: 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.

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At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility.

And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

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

**Employee Referral Eligible**

**_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 124,000 USD - 250,000 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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