Lead, Digital Design Engineer

Job Description

L3Harris Integrated Vision Solutions Londonderry, a leading designer and manufacturer of laser, night vision and electro-optic devices, is seeking a Lead Digital Design (FPGA) Engineer to pursue a career in a fast-paced company where new designs become production reality. As a member of our new product development staff, you will become a recognized contributor with product responsibility for the development of modern military electronic hardware. A variety of mixed signals, microcontrollers, and DSP/FPGA qualifications will be required to bring projects from concept to production.

Essential Functions

• Lead the estimation, planning, and execution of firmware design and development
• Developing FPGA VHDL code for Microchip/Xilinx (AMD)/Altera (Intel)/Other platforms
• Developing top level test benches for simulating and verifying design architecture
• Designing and developing image and video processing algorithms and protocols
• Implementing vendor specific and 3rd party IP
• Translation of system requirements into firmware requirements
• Designing firmware architecture, documenting, and reviewing with peers and stakeholders
• Leading the post-design support and troubleshooting utilizing appropriate tools including oscilloscopes, logic/spectrum analyzers and other test equipment
• Collaborating with a cross-discipline team of mechanical, optical, software, digital and analog designers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience in Digital Electrical Engineering.
• 9+ plus years of firmware development experience
• Working experience using VHDL (preferred) or Verilog with a minimum of 8 years proven track record of successful advanced digital designs
• Direct experience interfacing with microcontrollers and/or knowledge of embedded processor implementations

Preferred Additional Skills

• Bachelors Degree in Digital Electrical Engineering preferred
• Expert in digital FPGA design, preferably with video and image processing experience
• Experience with high-speed data communication considered a significant plus
• Experience with OrCAD, PSpice, Cadence Allegro or equivalent CAD/CAE tools
• Proficient with Git and Jira
• Experience with Jenkins and DevSecOps tool chains
• Experience with DOORS Requirements Management
• Proficient at distilling system requirements into firmware requirements
• Proficient with firmware configuration management tools. Git preferred
• Proficient with ModelSim or equivalent tool to simulate, debug, and verify digital design
• Knowledge of design architecture trade-offs for size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C) preferably for Electro-Optical systems