Firmware Design Engineer - Military veterans preferred

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Job Description:
Raytheon Company Space and Airborne Systems business unit is seeking a highly motivated recent or soon-to-be graduate interested in gaining firmware development and support experience in a dynamic and rewarding environment. The Space and Airborne Systems business unit is an industry leader of Electronic Warfare and Radio Communication products for defense applications. The position is located in Fort Wayne, IN.

The candidate will be assigned a senior-level FPGA design engineer as mentor. Tasking includes assistance on system level requirements, developing associated architectures, implementing VHDL design, performing VHDL simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, and testing of the FPGA in a laboratory setting. The candidate will work in the firmware engineering section with system, electrical, mechanical, and software engineers. This position may require occasional business related travel.

Required Skills:

• Experience in an engineering environment
• U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position will need a U.S. Security Clearance within 1 year of start date.
• U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position will require the ability to access US only data systems.
• This position requires the eligibility to obtain a security clearance. Except in rare circumstances, only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Desired Skills:

• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (Please upload an unofficial transcript when applying)
• Great interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Intern/Coop Education Experience
• Experience with hardware/software design for embedded devices
• Experience with VHDL or Verilog
• Knowledge of FPGA design implementation
• Knowledge of EDA toolsets such as Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, Cadence, and FPGA vendor tools (Xilinx)
• Knowledge of C, Ada, TCL, Perl, or Python
• Knowledge of Configuration Management tools
• Experience is a laboratory environment with test equipment such as oscilloscopes and signal generators
• Linux Operating System

Required Education (including major): Must have a BS / BA with a major in Electrical Engineering, Technology, or Computer Engineering, or other related field by Summer 2020 or have graduated within 18 months prior to start date.

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Raytheon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.