FPGA Engineer II

Prattwhitney; McKinney (TX); On-site; USD 68,900 - 131,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

401(k) plan with employer matching

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Prattwhitney seeks an FPGA Engineer II for an onsite role in McKinney, TX, focused on production-quality FPGA designs. Candidates should have a degree in STEM and at least 2 years of experience, particularly in VHDL and relevant design tools.

The role encompasses generating FPGA designs, design verification, and documentation. Benefits include competitive salaries, flexible work arrangements, and comprehensive health coverage.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience in FPGA/ASIC design or verification.
• Hands-on experience with integration and debugging of FPGA/ASIC.
• Experience with source code management and team development.

Responsibilities

• Generate FPGA designs for gigabit serial interfaces and embedded processing.
• Assist with architecture development for FPGA-based systems.
• Design and code in VHDL for reliability and maintainability.

Skills

VHDL and/or Verilog

FPGA/ASIC design

AMD Vivado

Altera Quartus Prime Pro

SystemVerilog

Education

Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)

Tools

AMD Vivado

Altera Quartus Prime Pro

Libero

Job description

Position Overview

FPGA Engineer II – onsite role at Raytheon located in McKinney, TX. Requires U.S. citizenship and a U.S. government issued security clearance. The role provides full‑lifecycle support of production‑quality FPGA designs for major vendors and device families including AMD (Xilinx), Altera, and Microchip (Microsemi).

Responsibilities

• Generate FPGA designs for applications such as gigabit serial interfaces, radio frequency DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing, and processor interfaces.
• Assist with architecture development of FPGA‑based systems to determine parts, interfaces, and concept of operations (CONOPS).
• Design and code in VHDL for reliability and maintainability.
• Support design verification utilizing self‑checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests, while tracking functional and code coverage.
• Understand and report execution status to the planned budget and schedule using an agile framework.
• Create complete documentation including requirements, verification plans, and user guides.
• Function as an individual contributor and present work to leadership.
• Engage in professional growth and development.

Qualifications

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• FPGA/ASIC design (VHDL and/or Verilog) or verification (SystemVerilog) experience with AMD (Xilinx), Altera, and/or Microchip (Microsemi) devices.
• Experience with tools such as AMD Vivado, Altera Quartus Prime Pro, or Libero.
• Hands‑on experience with integration and debugging of FPGA/ASIC in a lab environment.
• Experience with source code management, design reviews, and code release in a team development environment.
• Optional advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering or related STEM fields.
• Experience in embedded systems design using ARM, Microblaze, or NIOS processors.
• Experience with gigabit serial interfaces and multi‑gigabit transceivers (MGTs).
• Experience with constrained random verification in UVM using System Verilog.
• Experience with High Level Synthesis (HLS), vector processors, GPUs, timing closure, clock domain crossing, and reset domain crossing analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design efforts and/or small teams.

Benefits

• Salary range: 68,900 USD – 131,100 USD.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short‑term and long‑term disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching.
• Flexible spending accounts and flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program and Employee Scholar Program.
• Parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Annual incentive compensation programs based on performance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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, veteran status, or any other protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in hiring for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.