Date Posted:2026-08-12
Country:United States of America
Location:US-TX-MCKINNEY-513WC ~ 2501 W University Dr ~ WING C BLDG
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 day 1
In this role as an
FPGA Engineer I, you will be supporting a development program within the Airborne RF Electronics Design Department. You will develop FPGA designs for all major vendors and device families including AMD, Altera, and Microchip. Designs commonly support the following applications: multi-gigabit 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.
This position is an onsite role, located in McKinney, TX
What You Will Do:- Provide full lifecycle support of production quality FPGA designs for one or more major vendors and device families including: AMD (Xilinx), Altera, and Microchip (Microsemi).
- 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
- Assist drive projects and execute program schedules and budget
Qualifications You Must Have:- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience in at least 3 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
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance post-start is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Qualifications We Prefer: - Digital Design Knowledge &Radar processing techniques
- 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
- Familiarity with AI LLM assisted workflows
- 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 protocols such as AXI, PCIe, SPI, I2C, etc.
- Verification utilizing hardware platforms
- Experience working in a team environment
- Self-directed - Able to complete tasks with minimum oversight
What We Offer: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, and Innovation.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.The salary range for this role is 57,200 USD - 108,800 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
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.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
