FPGA Electrical Engineer I - Onsite

Prattwhitney; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 57,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

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

Holidays

Job summary

RTX in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer to provide full lifecycle support of production FPGA designs, including design and coding in VHDL. The role involves troubleshooting in a lab, hardware and/or logic design, and collaborating with multi-discipline teams.

The candidate will create complete documentation such as requirements, verification plans, and user guides, while ensuring reliability and maintainability of FPGA/ASIC designs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related STEM field.
• Experience with FPGA/ASIC design and verification.
• Hands-on FPGA/ASIC lab experience and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Work onsite at Fort Wayne, IN.
• Provide full lifecycle support of production FPGA.
• Generate FPGA designs and code in VHDL.
• Create documentation, requirements, verification plans.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

AMD Vivado

Altera

Lab debugging

Source control

Design reviews

Code release

Education

B.S. in STEM

Tools

Libero

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-09-09 Country: United States of America Location: US-IN-FT WAYNE-150A ~ 1010 Production Rd ~ BLDG 150A 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 Type: DoD Clearance: Secret Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Are you ready to explore the world of aerospace and defense? Do you want to learn from and collaborate with some of the greatest minds in the industry? At RTX, our internships, co-ops and full-time careers provide an exceptional foundation to work on complex problems, advance your skills and create a safer, more connected world. Discover opportunities to make a difference at RTX.

Multi-Product Power & Digital department

The Multi-Product Power & Digital department is responsible for FPGA and hardware designs for electronic warfare, radar, and effector products.

Job responsibilities of this role include activities such as troubleshooting electronics in a lab or production environment, performing system and circuit level analysis, supporting failure investigations, maintaining and creating documentation, hardware and/or logic design, and interacting with multi-discipline groups including suppliers.

What You Will Do

• Work onsite at our Fort Wayne, IN location
• Provide Full Lifecycle support of production quality FPGA
• Generate FPGA Designs
• Design and Code in VHDL for reliability and maintainability
• Create complete documentation including requirements, verification plan, and users guides

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major.
• Experience to include one or more of the following: FPGA/ASIC design (VHDL and/or Verilog coding) or FPGA/ASIC verification (SystemVerilog coding) Experience with AMD (Xilinx), Altera and/or Microchip (Microsemi) devices and with tools such as AMD Vivado, Altera Quartus Prime Pro or Libero.
• Hands‑on experience with integration and debug of FPGA/ASIC in a lab environment
• Experience with source code management, design reviews, and code release in a team development environment.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Demonstrated experience with VHDL or Verilog coding, simulation, and synthesis.
• Knowledge of electrical circuit design, analysis and troubleshooting using common lab equipment.
• FPGA/ASIC design experience in one or more of the following areas: Embedded systems design using ARM, Microblaze, or NIOS processors.
• Gigabit serial interfaces and multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs).
• Constrained random verification in UVM using System Verilog.
• Experience with High Level Synthesis (HLS).
• Experience with vector processors and/or GPUs.
• Experience with timing closure, clock domain crossing and reset domain crossing analysis, and constraint development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design efforts and/or small teams.

Relocation Eligibility

Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for 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.

What We Offer

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
• Innovation

The salary range for this role is 57,200 USD - 108,800 USD.

• 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.
• 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.

Privacy Policy and Terms

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.