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# Senior Principal Electrical Engineer (FPGA/ASIC) - HYBRID

- **Company:** RTX
- **Location:** Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $132,400.0 - $251,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JIRA, Code Coverage, Digital Technology, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Microsoft Project, Real-Time Operating Systems, Subversion, SystemVerilog, Vivado, Jama (Software), Application Specific Integrated Circuits, DOORS (Software)
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3468458805&tx=JJ3125FFG&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
 * U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract
 * Experience with leading Video and Digital Processing in FPGA/ASIC or Software Products.
 * Experience leading technical projects including customer interaction and briefing leadership.
 * Experience with DO-254 or DO-178 design assurance activities (DAL B or higher)., * Able to interface within the wide spectrum of individual contributors to program management and customers.
 * The ability to effectively document and present one's work and status.
 * Experience with Change Management, Earned Value Management and Lifecycle Program Management
 * Experience with Microsoft Project, Subversion, Jira, Jama, DOORS, and other program management tools.
 * Experience using FPGA/ASIC design, verification, simulation and/or vendor specific tools (e.g. Questasim, Vivado, Libero, etc.).
 * Familiar with best practice chip-level verification techniques and languages (e.g. constrained random, functional coverage, code coverage, LEC, SystemVerilog).

## Description

We are hiring a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer (P5) for our growing Avionics FPGA/ASIC team in Cedar Rapids, IA. This position is for a highly experienced and motivated Electrical (or Computer) Project Engineering Lead that will be involved in the architecture, design, implementation, verification, and integration of a wide variety of high-performance digital systems that incorporate FPGAs and ASICs into a product solution. As a project engineer in this organization, you will be employing best practice project management methodologies supporting our next generation of Avionics Products, in addition to numerous products enterprise-wide.

What You Will Do:

 * Lead the pursuit, proposal, planning and execution of design and development projects for video and image processing devices
 * Develop project and program strategies to advance the complex hardware discipline and products.
 * Ensure alignment to program, product line, and corporate goals while meeting certification requirements up to and including DO-254 DAL A.
 * Communicate with a wide variety of individuals including Engineering, Program Management, Internal Leadership, Supply Chain, Operations, Service Centers, and Customers.
 * Lead delivery of the next-generation product line processing platform, spanning boot, application, and RTOS software.
 * Travel up to 10%

What You Will Learn:

 * You will learn the technologies of today and tomorrow which we count on to maintain world leadership in the avionics industry.
 * You will learn all phases of the hardware product life cycle from requirements through to verification, while employing the company engineering processes to produce high-quality products.
 * You will learn the requirements for product certification required by federal agencies.
 * You will learn how to establish and maintain a computing module platform product line with a broad base of customers.