Principal Electrical Engineer FPGA/ASIC (Remote)
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About the role
Join a growing Avionics FPGA/ASIC team at Collins Aerospace, a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions for the aerospace and defense industry. This position is for a highly experienced, highly motivated Electrical or Computer Engineer involved in the design, implementation, verification, and integration of high-performance ASICs, FPGAs, and SoPCs for Collins Avionics solutions. You will employ best practice design and verification methodologies supporting legacy and next-generation Displays, Computing, and Networking Products.
Responsibilities
- Requirements capture, decomposition, and traceability.
- FPGA/ASIC/SoPC digital architecture development and design.
- Develop RTL design code and simulation in VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog.
- Create UVM constrained random environments using SystemVerilog.
- Create placement and timing constraints.
- Perform synthesis, place and route.
- Perform static timing analysis, linting analysis, LEC, and clock-domain-crossing analysis.
- Perform FPGA/ASIC/SoPC verification using inspection, analysis, simulation, and test methods.
- Creation of DO-254 DAL-A certification artifacts for Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH).
- Conduct and/or participate in peer reviews throughout the product lifecycle.
- Participate in FAA SOI audits.
- Create engineering bids and support RFIs and RFPs.
- Communicate with a wide variety of individuals including Engineering, Program Management, internal leadership, and customers.
- May lead a team of engineers and/or perform the duties of a project engineer.
- Recommend new tools and practices for continuous improvement in the group’s FPGA/ASIC design flow.
- Provide guidance or mentor other engineers with a variety of skills and backgrounds.
Requirements
You Must Have:
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field.
- Proficient writing RTL and/or testbenches using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
- Proficient with Linux (or Unix), scripting, C/C++, Python, and/or Perl.
- Proficient using FPGA-specific tools (e.g., QuestaSim, Vivado, Libero, Synplify Pro, etc.).
- Experience with data interfaces (PCIe, DDR, I2C, Ethernet, CDN, ARINC-429, etc.).
- Experience with device-level timing and clock domain crossing.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, as part of a globally distributed team of engineers with diverse skills and backgrounds, on projects with aggressive schedules and frequent milestones.
We Prefer:
- Experience with UVM Constrained Random Methodology.
- Proficient with DO-254 design assurance activities for ASIC, FPGA, and/or SoPC developments.
- Experience with video and/or networking concepts and architectures.
- Proficient with best practice chip-level verification techniques and languages (e.g., constrained random, functional coverage, code coverage, LEC, SystemVerilog).
- Experience successfully managing cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
- Experience with risk management (identify, quantify, and mitigate risks).
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
- Student Loan Repayment Program.
- Life insurance and disability coverage.
- Optional coverages: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
- Adoption Assistance.
- Autism Benefit.
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program.
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits.
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services.
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program.
Pay
The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 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.