Senior Principal Electrical Engineer-FPGA Design - Onsite Tucson, AZ

Prattwhitney; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Raytheon’s Effector Digital Products department seeks a senior FPGA architect to lead system-level architecture for radar and imaging products. You will translate requirements into FPGA hardware designs, craft verification plans, and guide cross‑functional teams to on‑time, within‑budget releases.

The role emphasizes VHDL/Verilog, SystemVerilog/UVM, and emulation platforms, with a focus on reliability and maintainability.

Qualifications

• STEM degree and extensive FPGA/ASIC experience.
• Proven capability to translate system requirements into FPGA hardware.
• Experience with radar and image processing techniques is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of FPGA verification (SystemVerilog/UVM) and test strategies.
• Leadership of technical teams and programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA-based systems architecture and design, including CONOPS.
• Deliver quality releases from concept to production.
• Drive projects on schedule and within budget.
• Coach and delegate work to junior engineers.
• Create comprehensive documentation and verification plans.
• Support customer interactions and reviews.

Skills

FPGA architecture

VHDL/Verilog

SystemVerilog

Radar processing

Image processing

Embedded systems design

ARM/Microblaze/Nios

UVM

Leadership

Project management

Emulation platforms

Revision control

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Xilinx devices

Microsemi devices

Emulation platforms

Version control systems

Job description

Overview

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression.

The Effector Digital Products (EDP) department develops electronics for our weapon system products and is responsible for the architecture, design, and documentation of deliverable FPGA embedded processing. Our products are deployed all over the world.

Responsibilities

• Leader of FPGA‑based systems architecture and design, determining parts, interfaces, and Concept of Operations (CONOPS).
• Deliver quality releases from initial proof‑of‑concept through production.
• Establish processes and operational plans for a project.
• Independently drive projects and execute program schedules on time and within budget.
• Lead large integrated or cross‑product teams on moderate to large multi‑year programs.
• Design, develop, implement, and verify highly complex configurable logic solutions for products that significantly improve on existing designs.
• Conduct extensive investigation to identify root causes of undefined problems and solve them.
• Communicate with customers, vendors, and executive leadership.
• Translate system‑level requirements into FPGA requirements.
• Design and code in VHDL for reliability and maintainability.
• Verify designs using directed and constrained random tests, tracking functional and code coverage.
• Create complete documentation including requirements, verification plans, and user guides.
• Serve as a subject‑matter expert within the discipline.
• Coach, review, and delegate work to junior engineers.
• Support internal and external technical reviews.
• Support customer interactions and relations.
• Implement improvements to processes, systems, or products to enhance performance.

Qualifications

Typically requires a STEM degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.

• System‑level FPGA requirements specification and architecture development, including identification of links and potential impact on projects.
• Proposal experience: basis of estimate generation, resource identification, and constraint‑based program schedule planning.
• Strong understanding of design hand‑off requirements for system requirements, configurable logic, software, mechanical analysis, and tests.
• FPGA/ASIC design (VHDL and/or Verilog) or FPGA/ASIC verification (SystemVerilog) with experience on Xilinx or Microsemi devices.
• Experience with radar processing techniques.
• Experience with image processing techniques for visual and infrared sensors.
• Embedded systems design using ARM, Microblaze, or Nios processors.
• Gigabit serial interfaces and multi‑gigabit transceivers (MGTs).
• Assertion‑based verification and UVM using SystemVerilog.
• Experience with emulation platforms.
• Leadership of technical teams and programs.
• Revision control and documentation release processes.
• Deep knowledge of project management.

Benefits & Conditions

U.S. citizenship is required. This position requires a DoD Secret clearance or the ability to obtain an interim clearance prior to the start date. The role is 100% onsite in Tucson, Arizona.

This position offers relocation assistance.

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.