Senior Associate, Electrical Engineering

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech, delivering end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

About the role

L3Harris is seeking electrical engineers in Rochester, NY to work on a dynamic team designing, developing, integrating, and testing embedded controls for Airborne Imaging systems. This role involves working in a cross-functional team to develop, test, and produce EO/IR solutions, collaborating closely with engineering organization members to develop and evaluate hardware-software interfaces and operational performance requirements for the overall system.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of electronics: digital design, analog control, power distribution, signal integrity, data, and video.
• Design, develop, evaluate, integrate, and test electronic equipment, parts, components, and circuitry for complex, high-performance systems.
• Design and development of custom production test equipment hardware and software to meet functional and operational requirements.
• Analyze electrical requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability.
• Diagnose complex faults in existing systems and recommend design changes to improve performance.
• Review vendor capability to support development, including specialized components such as connectors, processors, FPGAs, DSPs, CCAs, power supplies, and amplifiers.
• Work with procurement and suppliers to build prototype wire harnesses and circuit boards.
• Perform unit testing of hardware products.
• Collaborate with other functional areas to develop requirements, specifications, and test plans.
• Provide timely production support and problem resolution.
• Follow internal processes to ensure conformance to established policies and procedures.
• Ability to obtain US government clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.

Skills

• Significant knowledge of circuit design, schematic capture, and PCB (printed circuit board) layout using ECAD tools (Altium preferred).
• Experience in wire harness assembly development.
• Experience in board and system bring-up, integration, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience analyzing and designing digital circuits incorporating FPGAs, CPUs, GPUs, and DSPs.
• High-level programming language experience to configure programmable logic devices (DSP & FPGA).
• Analog design experience, including motor drivers, power circuits, EMC/EMI noise reduction, and motion control methods.
• Software development for test applications (C/C++, Python, LabView, etc.).
• Experience in simulation and analysis of designs.
• Understanding of EMI/RFI and respective troubleshooting, design corrections, and mitigations.
• Understanding of the hardware development process, documentation, quality assurance, board turn-on, debug, and integration testing.
• Active Secret clearance.

Pay

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New York state is $70,500 - $130,500. Final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

Schedule

9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off.

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Education assistance.
• Parental leave.
• Paid time off and company-paid holidays.

The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.