Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering (FPGA Design Engineer)

Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA Firmware for the Space & Mission Systems segment, focusing on design, integration, and testing of advanced satellite communication and signal processing technologies.
• Architect solutions and implement them in various FPGA technologies or platforms.
• Decompose and allocate system-level requirements to FPGA specifications.
• Synthesize designs to targeted technologies and perform constraint-driven place and route analysis.
• Generate design review documentation, including block diagrams, interface control documents, and test plans.
• Conduct hardware testing and debugging using signal generators, logic analyzers, and digital oscilloscopes.
• Support proposal efforts through estimation and planning of end-to-end FPGA development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 6 years of professional experience, or a Graduate degree with 4 years of relevant experience.
• 6+ years of experience using VHDL/Verilog.
• 6+ years of experience with AMD Xilinx FPGA architectures.
• 3+ years of professional experience with Xilinx Vivado.
• 3+ years of experience in timing closure and optimizing FPGA resource utilization.
• 3+ years of experience debugging at the hardware level.
• Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with advanced verification environments such as UVM, OVM, or System Verilog.
• Proficiency with version control tools like GIT, SVN, or CVS.
• Experience with high-speed memory interfaces, SERDES interfaces, or AXI streaming/control buses.
• Familiarity with FPGA development tool suites such as Xilinx ISE, Vitis, Microchip Libero, or Mentor Graphics ModelSim/Questa.
• Experience with the bring-up of advanced FPGA products such as SoC, MPSoC, RFSoC, or ACAP.

About the Company

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. We deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains to support national security and mission-critical needs.