Senior Electrical Engineer Firmware

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and defer aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer – FPGA/Firmware to design and integrate high-performance digital processing solutions for airborne Electronic Warfare platforms in Goleta, CA. This role sits close to the hardware and is ideal for engineers who enjoy taking FPGA designs from concept through timing closure, lab integration, and flight-testing.

Why this role matters: Because threats are evolving faster than ever, and the aircraft protecting our warfighters must be able to sense, process, and respond in real time. The FPGA and firmware you design will sit at the heart of that mission—turning raw RF signals into actionable insight in microseconds. Your work won’t live in a lab demo; it will help keep pilots and platforms safe in contested environments .

What You Will Do

• Design and implement high-speed FPGA solutions using VHDL and/or Verilog (System Verilog a plus) or model-based design such as MATLAB HDL Coder.
• Participate in the FPGA development lifecycle: requirements → RTL/model-based implementation → simulation → place-and-route → timing closure → hardware integration.
• Develop multi-clock, high-throughput digital designs with strong emphasis on: Timing closure at high clock speeds, Clock domain crossing (CDC)Data paths and handshaking between processing blocks, Implement and integrate DSP functions such as channelization, filtering, pulse estimation, and real-time signal processing pipelines.
• Contribute to systems that digitize RF signals and generate Pulse Descriptor Words (PDWs) for downstream software processing.
• Perform development on FPGA dev boards and migrate designs to deliverable hardware.
• Support integration, test events, and lab validation using equipment such as: Signal generators, Spectrum analyzers, Logic analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Power meters.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams including RF, systems, mechanical and software engineers.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience with FPGA development tools such as (AMD/Xilinx (Vivado) and/or Intel/Altera (Quartus)).
• Experience in VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Experience taking designs through simulation, place-and-route, and timing closure.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with multi-clock designs and clock domain crossing (CDC).
• Experience with high-speed digital signal processing (DSP) implementations in FPGA.
• Experience with model-based design tools (MATLAB, HDL Coder, etc.).
• Familiarity with RFSoC or high-speed data converter platforms.
• Experience in defense, radar, EW, or high-performance signal processing systems.
• Active Secret clearance

What We Offer

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, Innovation, and Safety.

Relocation Eligible: Relocation assistance available

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Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Welcome to Raytheon in Goleta, CA

Clearance Information: This position requires security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances

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