FPGA Firmware Lead for Space Missions

Jobtome; Town of Irondequoit (NY); On-site; USD 111,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, NY is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer – Firmware Lead to guide FPGA firmware engineering for the Space Mission Systems segment. You will lead architecture, development, and verification efforts across FPGA platforms, ensuring robust designs and timely delivery.

The role requires leadership of small teams, HDL/testbench development, and rigorous timing analysis, with security clearance considerations as applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 9+ years of relevant FPGA/firmware experience.
• Ability to obtain Federal Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA firmware engineering activities for space mission systems.
• Decompose system requirements into FPGA requirements and specs.
• Architect FPGA solutions across various platforms.
• Lead small teams in FPGA development.
• Develop HDL code and testbenches for modules and top-level.
• Ensure timing analysis and integration on hardware.
• Map simulations to system requirements and perform placement/routing.

Skills

FPGA design

Firmware leadership

VHDL

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Xilinx tools

Intel/Microsemi tools

Version control (Git/SVN)

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, NY is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer – Firmware Lead to guide FPGA firmware engineering for the Space Mission Systems segment. You will lead architecture, development, and verification efforts across FPGA platforms, ensuring robust designs and timely delivery.

The role requires leadership of small teams, HDL/testbench development, and rigorous timing analysis, with security clearance considerations as applicable.