Senior FPGA Design Engineer

Prattwhitney; McKinney (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Prattwhitney is seeking a Senior FPGA Design Engineer to work onsite in McKinney, TX. The successful candidate will develop FPGA designs for major vendors and will need a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. Responsibilities include collaborating with design teams and verifying designs against requirements.

Candidates must possess at least a degree in a STEM field and be U.S. citizens or eligible for a security clearance. This role offers relocation assistance to eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in FPGA design.
• Experience designing FPGAs with Xilinx (AMD), Altera (Intel), or Microchip devices.
• Hands-on integration experience with FPGA-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA designs for major vendors.
• Implement designs using VHDL for various applications.
• Collaborate with circuit card designers and systems engineers.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL coding

Verilog coding

Digital signal processing

Embedded systems design

Education

Degree in STEM

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Position: Senior FPGA Design Engineer – Onsite, McKinney, TX. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or eligible for a security clearance. Security clearance type: DoD Secret. Role is part of the Multi-Product Power & Digital (MPD) department in the Electrical Engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA designs for major vendors and device families including Xilinx (AMD), Altera (Intel), and Microchip.
• Implement designs using VHDL for gigabit serial interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing, and processor interfaces.
• Collaborate with circuit card designers and systems engineers to develop requirements, architect new designs, and model algorithms.
• Partition and perform code development, simulation, and implementation.
• Verify designs against requirements using directed test and constrained random test methodologies.
• Provide design support from requirements definition through integration and test, including design documentation and configuration management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in FPGA design.
• Experience designing FPGAs with Xilinx (AMD), Altera (Intel), or Microchip devices.
• Hands‑on integration experience with FPGA‑based systems.
• Experience with digital design, VHDL or Verilog coding, and FPGA timing constraints and timing closure.
• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related STEM field.
• Ability to work independently without significant direction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of embedded systems design using Microblaze, Nios, or ARM processors.
• Experience with embedded Linux environments.
• Digital signal processing on FPGAs.
• Knowledge of C programming and scripting languages such as Perl and Python.

Benefits

Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible candidates. The role is located at WING D BLDG, 2501 W University Dr, McKinney, TX.

EEO Statement

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.