ASIC/FPGA Quality Engineer (Onsite - Melbourne, FL or Cedar Rapids, IA)

Prattwhitney; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks vacation for new hires

401(k) plan with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, part of RTX, is seeking an Electrical Engineer for Avionics Design Quality Assurance. This onsite role in Melbourne, FL or Cedar Rapids IA focuses on quality-focused governance of ASIC/FPGA developments throughout lifecycle.

Applicants should have a STEM degree with 8+ years (or advanced degree with 5+), DO-254 experience, and strong HDL/verification skills to ensure regulatory and customer requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) with 8+ years of experience or advanced degree with 5+ years.
• Hands-on DO-254 (aerospace certification) or equivalent structured hardware development lifecycle experience.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or verifying ASIC/FPGA designs including requirements capture, architecture, HDL and test artifacts.
• Experience maintaining hardware lifecycle documentation (PHAC, HAD, HVVR, traceability).
• Experience with formal configuration management and change control for electronic hardware.
• Experience conducting structured peer reviews for hardware design, requirements, and verification artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Perform proactive, ongoing technical and process audits to determine the quality of engineering projects using best practices.
• Analyze, identify, and promote adoption of meaningful quality metrics to find trends and systemic issues.
• Provide guidance to hardware engineering teams on process and regulatory requirements for project execution.
• Establish rapport and credibility across the organization with leadership and engineering teams.
• Foster a culture of quality in processes and products.

Skills

DO-254

ASIC/FPGA design

HDL development

Requirements management

Configuration management

Peer reviews

Quality metrics analysis

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

HDL development tools

Design verification tools

Job description

At RTX, the world's 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. Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. We are currently searching for an engineering professional to join our Avionics Design Quality Assurance (DQA) team. We are looking for an experienced Electrical Engineer who is interested in applying their technical skills and experiences and working together with others to achieve excellence in design quality and efficient lifecycle execution. This position is responsible for working closely with engineering teams to provide quality-focused technical and process oversight of ASIC/FPGA product developments throughout their lifecycle. As a DQA team member, you will help ensure designs meet quality expectations, as well as customer, regulatory, and other requirements. To be successful in this position will require a passion for quality and continuous process improvement as well as the ability to build rapport with the engineering project teams in order to influence adoption of engineering best practices. This role will be worked onsite in Melbourne, FL or Cedar Rapids, IA. Relocation assistance is supported.

What You Will Do:

• Perform proactive, ongoing technical and process audits to determine the quality of engineering projects using objective criteria and known best practices
• Analyze, identify, and promote adoption of meaningful quality metrics to find trends and systemic issues
• Provide guidance to hardware engineering teams as needed in the areas of process and regulatory requirements to ensure effective project execution
• Establish rapport and credibility across the organization, including leadership, engineering teams, shared service teams, and customers
• Help to foster a culture of quality process and products

Qualifications

You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
• Hands‑on engineering experience executing DO‑254 (aerospace certification) or equivalent structured hardware development processes across the full lifecycle (planning, requirements, design, implementation, verification, and certification)
• Direct experience developing, reviewing, or verifying ASIC and/or FPGA designs, including requirements capture, architecture definition, HDL development, and test artifact creation
• Experience preparing, managing, and maintaining hardware lifecycle documentation required for certification (e.g., PHAC, HAD, HVVR, traceability data)
• Experience using formal configuration management and change control systems for electronic hardware development
• Experience conducting structured peer reviews for hardware design, requirements, and verification artifacts
• Experience using industry standard design, simulation, and verification tools for ASIC/FPGA development (e.g., HDL simulation, static analysis, linting, requirements management)

We Prefer:

• Knowledge of effective Design Quality Assurance principles
• Knowledge of FAA Regulatory Requirements and / or experience in civil certification focal roles
• Knowledge of industry requirements such as CMMI
• Experience in AGILE development environment

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 illnessinsurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Carrot 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!

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 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.

Collins Aerospace makes modern flight possible. Of course, that wouldn’t be possible without the capabilities and technologies of our organization, as well as our engineers – a highly skilled, accomplished network that spans more than 180 sites, 24 countries and 6 Strategic Business Units (SBUs). Our industry-leading experts are setting the standards for the aerospace industry and paving the way for the future. But as new challenges present themselves, we need fresh, creative and motivated minds to overcome these hurdles, help us break barriers and achieve new levels of innovation. Do you have what it takes to join a global organization that doesn't shy away from big opportunities? If so, we invite you to join our ranks and create the next generation of aerospace technologies. Together, we will nurture an engineering culture that values intellectual curiosity, risk takers and integrity. A place where we will challenge ourselves, our teams, and the status quo and where we will work to find a way – the right way – to achieve what others can only dream of.

*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. 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 company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.