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Principal FPGA Engineer
RTX · Huntsville, Alabama
Employer profile: RTX (Raytheon) in North Alabama · Veterans Career Center
- Employer
- RTX
- Location
- Huntsville, AL
- Pay
- $107,500 - $204,500
- Clearance
- DoD Secret (U.S. citizenship required)
- Work arrangement
- Onsite
- Listed on HSV Space Jobs
- 2026-11-02
About this role
This Huntsville role sits in Raytheon's Effector Guidance Electronics department, which builds electronics for weapon systems. The engineer develops FPGA designs for AMD, Altera and Microchip parts. Duties include writing VHDL, self-checking verification with coverage tracking, turning system requirements into FPGA requirements, documentation, and technical reviews, and may include leading FPGA system architecture. Applicants typically need a STEM bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience. The posting lists DoD Secret, saying both that candidates must be able to obtain one and that an active clearance is required after day 1; U.S. citizenship is required. The job is fully onsite with relocation assistance, paying 107,500 to 204,500 USD.
Summary written by HSV Space Jobs from RTX's official posting. Pay, clearance and requirements can change, so always check the full description on the employer's site before applying.
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