Lead, Electrical Engineer - Firmware (Field-Programmable Gate Array)

About the role

L3Harris is seeking a Lead, Electrical Engineer - Firmware (FPGA) to join our team in San Diego, CA. This position supports proposal efforts, decomposes and allocates system and box-level requirements to FPGA requirements and specifications. You will collaborate with RF engineers to integrate FPGA designs with RF front-end components and ensure seamless system performance.

Responsibilities

• Support proposal efforts in the estimation and planning of end-to-end FPGA development.
• Decompose and allocate system and box-level requirements to FPGA requirements and specifications.
• Collaborate with RF engineers to integrate FPGA designs with RF front-end components and ensure seamless system performance.
• Develop and optimize FPGA designs for RF communication systems, including filtering, mixing, signal conversion, and error correction coding.
• Design, implement, and verify FPGA-based digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms for modulation and demodulation.
• Assist in architecting solutions against requirements and implement those solutions in various FPGA technologies or platforms.
• Follow, enforce, and refine consistent firmware development processes across FPGA designs, including peer reviews.
• Synthesize designs to targeted technologies and perform constraint driven place and route and analysis.
• Generate design review and deliverable documentation including review packages, block diagrams, interface control documents, and test plans/procedures.
• Ensure FPGA simulations verify performance, then integrate and test the FPGA on the circuit card assembly.

Requirements

• Active Secret Security Clearance or ability to obtain one once hired.
• 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.
• 9 years of experience with VHDL, the FPGA design process, the tools used to generate the FPGA designs, and high-speed digital design and timing analysis.
• 9 years of experience with FPGA development tools such as Xilinx Vivado, Altera Quartus, or similar.
• 5 years of experience with RF principles, including filtering, mixing, and signal conversion.
• 5 years of experience with digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms and their implementation on FPGAs; debugging tools including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and signal generators; system-level simulation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink.

Qualifications

• Experience with embedded systems and microcontroller interfacing.
• Knowledge of cryptographic algorithms and the ability to implement algorithms in targeted FPGA devices.
• Designing for space environments.
• Experience with 1553B, SpaceWire, I2C, SPI interfaces.
• An active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
• Exceptional communication skills with ability to clearly document and present designs and implementations.

Benefits

The salary range for this role in California is $125,000 – $232,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays.

Pay

The salary range for this role in California is $125,000 – $232,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

Schedule

This position may require travel up to 10% of the time, enabling engagement directly with stakeholders and support various project needs on-site.