Electrical or Computer Engineer at Collins Avionics

Compensation

$86,800 – $165,200/yr

Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Type: Full-time
Posted: Apr 23, 2026

Description

Collins Avionics is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Electrical or Computer Engineer to join their Avionics FPGA/ASIC team. The role involves designing, implementing, verifying, and integrating high-performance ASICs, FPGAs, and SoPCs for various avionics solutions. Responsibilities include requirements capture, digital architecture development, RTL design coding, UVM environment creation, synthesis, routing, timing analysis, verification, and certification artifact creation. The engineer will also contribute to peer reviews, audit participation, bid creation, and mentoring.

Required Skills

RTL Design
SystemVerilog
UVM
Synthesis
Place and Route
Static Timing Analysis
Linting Analysis
LEC
Clock-Domain Crossing Analysis
DO-254 Certification
Peer Reviews
FAA SOI Audits
Engineering Bids
RFIs and RFPs
Project Engineer
Continuous Improvement
Mentoring
Data Interfaces
Linux Scripting

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Experience writing RTL and test benches using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
Experience using FPGA specific tools (e.g. Questasim, Vivado, Libero, Synplify Pro, etc.).
Experience with data interfaces (PCIe, DDR, I2C, Ethernet, CDN, ARINC-429, etc.).
Experience with device level timing and clock domain crossing.
Experience with Linux (or Unix), scripting, C/C++, Python, and/or Perl.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with UVM Constrained Random Methodology.
Experience with DO-254 processes and design assurance activities for ASIC, FPGA, and/or SoPC developments.
Experience with video and/or networking concepts and architectures.
Familiarity with best practice chip-level verification techniques and languages (e.g. constrained random, functional coverage, code coverage, LEC, SystemVerilog).
Experience successfully managing cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
Basic risk management skills (identify, quantify, and mitigate risks).