Raytheon Intelligence Space is growing! We are pursuing top candidates to join the Raytheon Technologies team and support our vision to be One global team creating trusted, imaginative solutions to make the world a safer place. Join with us! Department 22, the Advanced Concepts and Technologies team is a growing organization with a multitude of opportunities for motivated, team-oriented team members. Department 22 is interested in committed engineers and scientists who are passionate about creating creative and cost-effective solutions.
Raytheon Intelligence and Space (RIS) is seeking a highly motivated, experienced Senior Principal Firmware Engineer to work on Electronic Warfare (EW) and processing electronics product development for defense applications.
The candidate is responsible for developing FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) level requirements derived from system level requirements, developing associated architectures, implementing design, performing simulations and analysis and testing of the FPGA, module, and/or unit in a laboratory setting. The candidate will be familiar with latest technology trend in the area of microprocessor, memory, FPGA and interface protocols. The candidate will work in the product development team environment with system and software engineers.
This position may require occasional business related travel.
The position will be located in Goleta, California.
Required Skills:
Minimum 10 years of experience in digital hardware design and testing, or 8 years with a related Masters degree or higher
Experience with microprocessor, FPGAs, high-speed transceivers, DDR (Double Data Rate) and flash memories, block diagrams, parts lists, and design review packages for complex electronics
Hands-on experience in testing of products using logic analyzer, high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, and FPGA debugging tools
Experience with interfaces and bus standards such as: VME (Versa Module Eurocard), PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect), PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), VPX, and Gb Ethernet
Experience designing with Xilinx and/or Altera FPGAs
Minimum 10 years of experience with FPGA design implementation/verification with VHDL design language
Possess skills to handle fast pace and dynamic product development environment
Strong team player with good interpersonal skills as well as excellent written/verbal communication skills
The ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret Security Clearance. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
This position may require occasional business related travel (10-15% within US)
Desired Skills:
Experience designing FPGAs with embedded microprocessors
Matlab HDL (Hardware Description Language) coder
Experience in low volume, high complexity development environments
Experience designing with FPGAs, SoCs (System-On-Chips) and real-time microcontrollers
Multi-Gigabit transceivers, DDR (Double Data Rate) and flash memories
Background in Sensor and Read Out IC (Integrated circuit)
Experience working on Agile Teams using JIRA
Knowledge of GitLab DevSecOps tools
Required Education:
Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations
Desired Education:
Masters Degree
Typically requires:
A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience
Engineering/Other Technical Positions: Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited
by local laws/regulations.
Relocation assistance available provided final candidate meets eligibility requirements
Employee Referral Award Eligibility: Only employees currently within RMD and RI&S have the potential to receive a Referral Award for submitting a referral to RMD and RI&S roles. ALL eligibility requirements must be met to receive the Referral Awarding.
Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.