Senior Principal FPGA Engineer

RTX•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Effector Subsystems Products (ESP) 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 Principal FPGA Engineer, you will lead development of FPGA designs for all major vendors and device families including AMD/Xilinx, 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 test and constrained random methodologies. Design support is expected from requirements definition through production release. Design documentation and configuration management are required.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience in Electrical Engineering
Experience architecting FPGA-based systems to determine parts, interfaces
Minimum of 10 years of experience in at least 7 of the following categories:
Digital Design and HDL coding targeting configurable logic devices
Significant experience in delivering FPGA solutions to system level applications
Extensive experience in one or more brands of (Altera, Lattice, Microchip, AMD) FPGA devices and associated tools
Hands on 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 industry standard interfaces and protocols such as AXI, PCIe, SPI, I2C, etc.
Experience with Python or C programming
Experience working with Intellectual Property (IP) Cores

Nice To Haves

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
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.
Embedded systems design using ARM processors
Verification utilizing hardware platforms
System level FPGA requirements specification and architecture development
Ability to identify links and potential impact on projects, programs, or systems
Cross-discipline knowledge such as software, systems, modeling, etc.
Highly motivated, high performers with a strong desire to learn and contribute in a fast-paced team environment
Self-directed – Able to complete tasks with minimum oversight
Practical knowledge of project management
Familiarity with the Linux environment and commands
Experience in a leadership role such as team lead, technical lead, project lead, etc.
Proposal experience to include basis of estimate generation, resource identification, and constraint-based program schedule planning
MS or Ph.D. in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Responsibilities

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
Lead FPGA-based systems architecture, and designs to include determination of parts, interfaces
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
Solve problems that are numerous and typically undefined where information is difficult to obtain
Establish processes and operational plans for projects
Create complete documentation including requirements, verification plan, user’s guides and configuration management.
Design support from requirements definition through integration and test
Translate system level requirements into FPGA requirements
Perform and participate in internal and external technical reviews
Independently drive projects and execute to program schedules and budget
May lead large integrated or cross product teams on moderate to large multi-year programs