FPGA/ Digital Design Engineer I

About the Role

This role is for a Digital Electrical Engineer I at RTX's McKinney, TX location.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop next-generation circuit card assemblies (CCAs) and FPGA-based solutions.
• Design for mission-critical applications including gigabit serial interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) digital signal processing, embedded controllers, and processor interfaces.
• Contribute across the full lifecycle: initial architectural concepts, algorithm modeling, hardware integration, and production release.
• Develop and verify digital architecture, circuit card designs, and FPGA implementations targeting configurable logic devices.
• Model digital algorithms, partition design functions, and write high-reliability code for embedded processing systems.
• Perform component selection, schematic capture, circuit simulation, and collaborate on physical layout and routing.
• Integrate and validate hardware designs in a laboratory environment using advanced test instrumentation against rigorous system requirements.
• Maintain comprehensive design documentation, technical reports, and configuration management artifacts.
• Support engineering activities from initial customer requirement definition through formal production release.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM discipline.
• Experience or coursework with one or more of: Digital Electronics, Circuit Design or Analysis, Digital Design, or HDL coding targeting configurable logic devices.
• Experience using common electronic test and measurement equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, digital multimeters) for circuit characterization, debugging, and validation.
• Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Proficiency with VHDL or Verilog coding, simulation, and synthesis tools.
• Hands-on experience integrating, troubleshooting, and debugging digital electronics using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and digital multimeters.
• Experience with electrical schematic capture, PCB layout, or circuit analysis software.
• Familiarity with FPGA timing constraints, timing closure, and digital simulation tools (e.g., Questa, Riviera-PRO).
• Exposure to embedded processors, System on Chip (SoC) architectures, or industry protocols (e.g., AXI, PCIe, SPI, I2C).
• Experience utilizing Python, C, or Linux-based development environments.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git or GitHub.
• Understanding of radar, image, or digital signal processing techniques.
• Familiarity with multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs) and high-speed serial interfaces.

Security Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• Ability to obtain an INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret