Principal Electrical Engineer Firmware

Raytheon

Goleta (CA)

On-site

USD 118,300 - 224,900

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Raytheon in Goleta, CA seeks an electrical engineer to join the Hardware/Firmware Engineering Department. You will analyze requirements, decompose subsystems, and develop designs, models, and verifications for complex military systems.

You’ll work in integrated teams across airborne, naval, and land platforms, covering digital design, embedded systems, and FPGA development. Preferred candidates have DSP, FPGA, Verilog/SystemVerilog, VHDL, and MATLAB/Simulink experience, plus a STEM degree and 8+

Qualifications

  • STEM degree with at least 8 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
  • Experience with FPGA design and firmware integration.
  • Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink including DSP Builder and HDL Coder.
  • Knowledge of digital hardware design and firmware integration.

Responsibilities

  • Perform requirements analysis and decomposition, sub-system design, modeling, simulation, and design verification testing.
  • Work on new product development from customer descriptions and specifications.
  • Collaborate in integrated product teams to design, develop, and manufacture advanced systems for airborne, naval, and land-based military use.
  • Engage in detailed digital design, embedded systems, and FPGA development.
  • Conduct circuit analysis, circuit simulation, FPGA programming, and create design documentation.
  • Verify hardware and software integration at the component and PCB level.

Skills

Digital Signal Processing
FPGA Design
Embedded Systems
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL

Education

STEM degree

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Responsibilities
  • This position is for an electrical engineer to work in the Hardware/Firmware Engineering Department at the Electronic Warfare Systems of Raytheon.
  • Be responsible for requirements analysis and decomposition, sub‑system design, modeling, simulation, and design verification test.
  • Work on new product development based on descriptions and specifications provided by our customers.
  • Work in integrated product teams to design, develop, and manufacture complex state‑of‑the‑art systems for airborne, naval, and land‑based military applications.
  • Activities include detailed digital design, embedded systems, and FPGA development.
  • Specific tasks include circuit analysis, circuit simulation, FPGA programming, design documentation, design verification and testing, and integration of hardware and software at the level of electronic components and circuit boards.
Required Qualifications
  • Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.

Experience in one or more of the following areas:

  • Digital Signal Processing.
  • Intel/Altera and/or AMD/Xilinx FPGAs.
  • Designing in Matlab/Simulink with DSP Builder and HDL Coder blocksets.
  • Digital hardware design and firmware integration.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, or Microsemi FPGAs.
  • Experience with High Level Modeling tools and languages such as SystemVerilog or HDL Coder.
  • Experience in embedded electronics, VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog, schematic capture, signal processing, RF, FPGA.
Benefits and Compensation
  • A total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
  • Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, Innovation, and Safety.
  • Relocation assistance available.
  • The salary range for this role is 118,300 USD - 224,900 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. 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.
Location and Work Arrangement

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. This position requires onsite work in Goleta, CA: Welcome to Raytheon in Goleta, CA.

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 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.

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