Associate Director - ASIC/FPGA Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-10-22

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

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:

DoD Clearance: Secret

This position is for a motivated Associate Director Electrical Engineering candidate to be involved in the strategy, pursuit, architecture, and full development life cycle 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:

• Develop ASIC and FPGA architecture, requirements, design and test strategies 

• Work with systems to drive design approaches and ASIC/FPGA engineering estimates for new program pursuits. 

• Act as subject matter expert and independent reviewer for bids, requirement and architecture reviews (RARs), critical design reviews (CDRs), and other program gate and milestone reviews 

• Formulate and drive strategic initiatives across the directorate that improve and evolve ASIC and FPGA engineering tools and practices 

• Plan project level work and meet schedule, cost, and performance goals 

• Provide technical leadership for project design teams by breaking down work, planning activities, and reporting status 

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience

• Familiarity with best practice chip-level ASIC/FPGA design and verification techniques and languages 

• Digital circuit architecture, design, resource tradeoffs, timing analysis and timing closure  

• RTL coding and simulation in VHDL or Verilog 

• Testbench development for the verification of RTL blocks using VHDL or System Verilog. 

• Proficiency using ASIC and/or FPGA simulation and synthesis tools (e.g. Modelsim, Synplify, Quartus, Vivado, or other FPGA-specific tools)  

• Experience with Earned Value and Cost Account Management 

• Familiarity with revision control concepts and tools (e.g. Git, Subversion) 

• The ability to obtain a secret security clearance is required. 

Qualification We Prefer:

• Drive strategic product/technology roadmaps and process improvement initiatives 

• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to document and present team’s work and status  

• Ability to lead teams with a variety of skills and backgrounds and matrix into projects with aggressive schedules and frequent milestones while managing scope, budget, and schedule 

• Experience bidding ASIC and FPGA development for new pursuits using SEER 

• Track record of working closely with external vendors and knowledge of industry trends 

• ASIC / FPGA lab validation with advanced lab equipment  

• Design for Test (DFT) and manufacturability issues 

• Experience with Unix, scripting languages, C/C++  

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.  

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• 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