Job Description

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Boeing is currently looking for an Avionics FPGA Design and Verification Chief Engineer at the Principal level to join our team in Hazelwood MO, Plano TX, or Mesa, AZ.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the technical development of a distributed group of engineers focused on FPGA Design, Verification, and Certification for Boeing AvionX products.

This position involves technical leadership for a team that develops FPGA solutions for Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), Guidance and Control Units, Computing and Network Infrastructure, and Electrical Power Systems products. These products are used in many Boeing products such as F-15 Fighter, T-7A Trainer, MQ-25 Autonomous Refueler, Weapons Programs, Commercial Aircraft, and many more.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead FPGA designs, including multi-FPGA programs and teams with design and verification engineers, and manage team execution to meet program milestones

• Collaborate with customers, system engineers, and hardware engineers to drive requirements capture and architect digital logic functions to meet mission/customer needs

• Explore trade-space of potential FPGA technologies and determine the optimal parts, weighing Schedule, Cost, Risk, Area, Power (SCRAP) vs. performance

• Implement FPGA with latest design practices and tools from block-level microarchitecture and through HDL coding

• Perform static timing analysis, LEC, CDC, linting, and other necessary checks to ensurethe design is completed on schedule

• Develop Functional Coverage Models and perform Code Coverage to verify designs in simulation

• Create self-checking and reusable test benches from scratch, applying Object Oriented Programming concepts such as Inheritance and Polymorphism, and leverage UVM to create drivers, monitors, predictors, and scoreboards

• Drive FPGA-based prototyping and validation depending on program and system requirements and complexity

• Validate design through hardware integration test with special test equipment, test-beds, and higher-level systems as needed

• Train and mentor less senior engineers across the department and help build effective project teams

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science

• 10 or more years of professional experience with Hardware-based integration and test of ASIC/FPGA designs

• 10 or more years of educational and/or work experience working with digital ASIC/FPGA design and verification

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience with hardware emulators

• Experience leading FPGA design and/or verification teams, including tracking and reporting progress to stakeholders

• Leading FPGA design and/or verification teams, including tracking and reporting progress to stakeholders

• Proficiency with hardware verification languages: System Verilog, System Verilog Assertions

• Proficiency with Object Oriented Programming Concepts: Inheritance, Polymorphism, etc.

• Ability to create test plans and self-checking and reusable testbenches from scratch

• Experience developing Functional Coverage Models and Closing Code Coverage

• Experience with high-speed Serdes interfaces (JESD204C, PCIe, Ethernet)

• Proficient in scripting languages: Make, Perl, Python, etc.

• Revision Control Systems: svn, cvs, git

• Proficient in Linux Environments

• Familiarity with space-based design techniques and radiation mitigation

• Experience with MIL-STD-882E

• Experience with DO-254

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies .

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities. 

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work. 

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. 

Summary pay range: $177,650 - $257,600

Applications for this position will be accepted until Mar. 05, 2025

Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Security Clearance

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Work experience placement, Interim role, Relocation, Visa sponsorship, Work visa, Flexible hours, Shift work, Day shift,

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