FPGA Design Engineer I: High-Speed Digital & SoC Interfaces

Prattwhitney; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 57,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Eligibility

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Digital Electrical Engineer I to design and develop CCAs and FPGA-based solutions powering mission-critical applications. You will work with FPGA architectures (AMD, Altera, Microchip), embed controllers, and processor interfaces in a cross-functional, Agile team.

You will contribute from concept to production release, maintain documentation, and support requirements through the full lifecycle in a hands-on hardware environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required by start date.
• Experience or coursework in digital electronics, circuit design/analysis, digital design, or HDL coding targeting configurable logic devices.
• Experience using test/measurement equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMM) for characterization, debugging, validation.
• Experience may be gained via work, research, coursework, or projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and verify digital architectures, circuit card designs, and FPGA implementations for configurable logic devices.
• Model digital algorithms, partition design functions, and write reliable embedded processing code.
• Perform schematic capture, circuit simulation, and collaborate on layout and routing.
• Integrate and validate hardware designs in lab environments with advanced test instrumentation.
• Maintain design docs, reports, and configuration artifacts throughout the lifecycle.

Skills

Digital electronics

Circuit design/analysis

HDL coding (VHDL/Verilog)

Embedded processing

Python/C/Linux workflows

Version control (Git)

Radar/ DSP concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related STEM

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Digital multimeters

Questa

Riviera-PRO

PCB layout/Circuit analysis tools

Git

Job description

Pratt & Whitney in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Digital Electrical Engineer I to design and develop CCAs and FPGA-based solutions powering mission-critical applications. You will work with FPGA architectures (AMD, Altera, Microchip), embed controllers, and processor interfaces in a cross-functional, Agile team.

You will contribute from concept to production release, maintain documentation, and support requirements through the full lifecycle in a hands-on hardware environment.