Senior FPGA Engineer

RTX (Raytheon); Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX (Raytheon) in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design, implement, and validate FPGA solutions across multiple device families. You will work with systems, hardware, and software teams to deliver production-quality releases and robust verification.

Requirements include a Bachelor's in STEM and at least five years of FPGA experience, with DoD security clearance eligibility. Expect cross-functional collaboration and comprehensive documentation through all stages of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering or Math, plus 5+ years in FPGA/HDL design.
• Experience with FPGA timing, constraints, and digital simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver production-quality FPGA releases from proof of concept to production.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, software engineers and program management to ensure product success.
• Code in VHDL for reliability, maintainability, and reusability.
• Verify designs with directed tests and constrained random methods.
• Create documentation including requirements, verification plans, and configuration management.
• Support design through integration and test and participate in reviews.

Skills

HDL coding

Python

C programming

Digital design

VHDL

Education

Bachelor's Degree in STEM

Tools

Questa

RivieraPro

Linux

GitHub

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-12

Country: United States of America

Location: US-AL-HUNTSVILLE-315 ~ 315 Bob Heath Dr ~ BOB HEATH

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 day1

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Effector Guidance Electronics (EGE) department develops electronics for weapon system products. We engage at the outset of the weapon system development and follow our designs through deployment. Our products are deployed all over the world, from the ground to exoatmospheric environments and into space. We are responsible for the architecture, design, and documentation of deliverable FPGA embedded processing at Raytheon.

In this role as a Senior FPGA Engineer, you will develop FPGA designs for all major vendors and device families including AMD, Altera, and Microchip. Designs commonly support the following applications: gigabit serial interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing, and processor interfaces. Designers collaborate with circuit card designers and systems engineers to develop requirements, architecture, modeling of algorithms, partitioning, code development, simulation, and place and route. Designs are verified against requirements using both directed tests and constrained random methodologies. Design support is expected from requirements definition through production release. Design documentation and configuration management are required.

What You Will Do

• Design and deliver production quality FPGA releases from initial proof of concept up to production
• Work cooperatively with systems, hardware, software engineers, and program management to ensure product success
• Design and code in VHDL for reliability, maintainability, reviewability and reusability
• Verify designs utilizing self-checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests, while tracking functional and code coverage
• Create complete documentation including requirements, verification plan, user's guides and configuration management.
• Design support from requirements definition through integration and test
• Perform and participate in internal and external technical reviews
• Independently drive projects and execute to program schedules and budget

Qualification You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of five (5) years of prior relevant experience
• Experience in at least 5 of the following categories: Digital Design and HDL coding targeting configurable logic devices
• Experience in delivering FPGA solutions to system level applications
• Experience in one or more brands of (Altera, Lattice, Microchip, AMD) FPGA devices and associated tools
• Experience with integration and debug of electronics using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, etc.
• Experience with FPGA timing constraints and timing closure
• Experience with digital simulation such as Questa, RivieraPro or similar tools
• Experience with Python or C programming
• An advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for 2 additional years of work experience.
• A PhD in a related field can account for 5 years of experience as required for this position.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Digital Design Knowledge & Radar processing techniques
• Image processing techniques for visual and infrared sensors
• Gigabit serial interfaces and multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs)
• Experience with embedded processor and System on a Chip development for FPGA devices
• Knowledge of embedded systems design using Microblaze, Nios or ARM processors a strong plus
• Familiarity with the Linux environment and commands
• FPGA design experience using a Linux-based development environment highly desired
• Knowledge of git and GitHub
• Knowledge of encryption/decryption standards such as AES, RSA, ECC, etc.
• Knowledge of industry standard interfaces and protoc