Junior FPGA Engineer I — Defense Systems

Prattwhitney; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) with employer matching

Tuition reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Program

Life insurance and disability coverage

Pet insurance options

Parental leave benefits

Employee Assistance Plan

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is hiring Firmware Engineers to support US military and international customers, delivering complex firmware for FPGAs, SOCs, and CPLDs. You will join an IPT working across design, lab integration, and qualification activities.

This is an onsite role in Fort Wayne, Indiana, offering collaboration with system engineers, hardware teams, and suppliers, with opportunities to advance in aerospace firmware.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a STEM degree and less than 2 years of related experience.
• Experience with C/C++, HLS, or UVM.
• Familiarity with programmable logic development tools is preferred.
• Linux scripting experience with bash, make, Tcl, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Generate firmware requirements based on system architecture.
• Create firmware documentation describing firmware architecture.
• Design HDL-based digital circuits that are structured and readable.
• Build test benches to verify HDL-based designs.
• Generate constraints for target devices and create automation scripts.
• Verify target device functionality in a laboratory environment.

Skills

C/C++

HLS

UVM

Linux scripting

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

ISE

Vivado

Quartus II

Libero

Synplify

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is hiring Firmware Engineers to support US military and international customers, delivering complex firmware for FPGAs, SOCs, and CPLDs. You will join an IPT working across design, lab integration, and qualification activities.

This is an onsite role in Fort Wayne, Indiana, offering collaboration with system engineers, hardware teams, and suppliers, with opportunities to advance in aerospace firmware.