Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - ASIC/FPGA (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-09-09

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

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. 

This position is for a motivated Senior Principal 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: 

• Requirements capture, ASIC / FPGA digital architecture and design using RTL, timing closure, verification, and system integration  

• Recommend new tools and practices for continuous improvement in the group's ASIC / FPGA design flow 

• Contribute to engineering estimates for new program pursuits. 

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

Qualification You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience

• RTL coding and simulation in VHDL or Verilog  

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

• 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)  

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

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Familiarity with best practice chip-level verification techniques and languages (e.g. constrained random, functional coverage, SystemVerilog)  

• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to document and present one'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 

• Drive strategic product/technology roadmaps and process improvement initiatives 

• ASIC / FPGA lab validation with advanced lab equipment  

• Design for Test (DFT) and manufacturability issues 

• Experience with Unix, scripting, C/C++, and/or Perl 

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  

• Life insurance and disability coverage  

• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection 

• Birth, adoption, parental leave