Electrical ASIC/FPGA Engineer I (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-06-09

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-121 ~ 350 Collins Rd NE ~ BLDG 121

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

Are you ready to explore the world of aerospace and defense? Do you want to learn from and collaborate with some of the greatest minds in the industry? At RTX, our internships, co-ops, and full-time careers provide an exceptional foundation to work on complex problems, advance your skills and create a safer, more connected world. Discover opportunities to make a difference at RTX.  

This position is for a motivated Electrical or Computer engineering candidate to be involved in the design, implementation, verification, and integration of a wide variety of high-performance digital ASICs and FPGAs applied to signal processing and information assurance products across Mission Systems on the Product Enabling Technologies team.   

What You Will Do: 

• You will support requirements capture and ASIC / FPGA digital architecture 
• You will implement ASIC / FPGA digital design using RTL 
• You will support verification and system integration of ASIC / FPGA implementations 

What You Will Learn:

• You will work with an experienced team to learn best practices and Collins’ engineering processes for implementing world class ASIC / FPGA solutions. 
• You will get to work with cutting edge technologies developed both in house and by external vendors. 
• You will learn how ASICs and FPGAs are used to implement solutions utilized in communications, security, and space-based products. 

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 12 months or less of relevant professional work experience (excluding internships). 

Qualifications We Prefer:

• RTL coding and simulation in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog 
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, team with engineers of a variety of skills and backgrounds, and matrix into projects with aggressive schedules and frequent milestones 
• Experience using ASIC and/or FPGA design tools (e.g. Modelsim, Quartus, Vivado or other FPGA-specific tools) 
• Experience with debugging and root cause investigations on hardware using hardware schematics, integrated FPGA vendor debug tools, and digital lab equipment 
• Digital circuit architecture and resource tradeoffs 
• Some background in signal processing and/or information assurance 
• Familiarity with the signal processing system simulation & analysis tools (e.g. Matlab, Simulink) 
• Familiarity with revision control concepts and tools (e.g. Git, Subversion)