Lead, Electrical Engineering - FPGA

L3Harris Technologies; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 111,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and disability insurance

401(k) match

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer – Firmware Lead to lead FPGA firmware activities in the Space Mission Systems segment.

The role involves decomposing requirements, architecting FPGA solutions, guiding small teams, and ensuring robust verification and timing analysis across FPGA designs. Competitive pay, full benefits, and security-clearance eligibility are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 9+ years of related experience; or 7+ with graduate degree.
• Ability to obtain Federal Secret security clearance.
• Experience designing for space environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA firmware engineering activities for SMS Segment.
• Decompose system requirements to FPGA requirements.
• Architect FPGA solutions and implement on various platforms.
• Lead small teams of engineers on FPGA development.
• Develop HDL code and create testbenches and verification environments.
• Map simulations to system requirements and perform timing analysis.

Skills

FPGA design

Firmware development

HDL coding

VHDL

Version control

Requirements decomposition

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Degree

Tools

Xilinx Tool Suite

Microsemi Tool Suite

Intel Tool Suite

Job description

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. With customers’ mission‑critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end‑to‑end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title: FPGA Design Engineer – Firmware Lead

Job Code: 43345

Job Location: Rochester, New York

Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every Other Friday Off!)

Job Description:

This position will lead FPGA Firmware Engineering activities in the Space Mission Systems (SMS) Segment of L3Harris. The SMS Segment provides mission solutions for the space domain with defense, intelligence, and commercial applications.

Essential Functions:

• 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.
• Architect solutions against requirements and implement those solutions in various FPGA technologies or platforms.
• Lead small teams of engineers in executing FPGA development of highly reliable and robust FPGA designs.
• Follow, enforce and refine consistent firmware development processes across FPGA designs.
• Develop HDL code for module and top-level and generate appropriate testbench and verification environments
• Map FPGA simulation work products to system-level requirements and capabilities.
• Synthesize designs to targeted technologies and perform constraint driven place and route and timing analysis.
• Ensure the FPGA simulations verify performance, then integrate and test the FPGA on the circuit card assembly.

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.
• Ability to obtain Federal Secret security clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Secret or Top-Secret security clearance
• Thorough understanding of VHDL, the FPGA design process, and the tools used to generate the FPGA designs
• Thorough understanding of version control best practices and tools (subversion, git, etc.) to closely track changes to the FPGA baseline
• Thorough understanding of the development of FPGA requirements and specifications
• Designing for space environments
• High speed memory interfaces
• High speed serial protocols (PCI Express, SRIO, Ethernet)
• Experience with Analog to Digital (AD) and Digital to Analog (DA) interfaces
• Experience with control protocols such I2C, SPI, RS-232/422, and SpaceWire
• Experience with complex block and top-level simulations of FPGA designs requiring high level transaction-based models
• Self-motivated individual with the ability to work and communicate effectively within a development group
• Proficiency with linting and CDC analysis tools
• Proficiency with Xilinx, Microsemi, and Intel Tool Suites (VHDL, Synthesis, Place and Route, Simulation, Timing Analysis)

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New York state is $110,500 - $205,500. 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. 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.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New York state is $110,500 - $205,500. 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. 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.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug‑free workplace and performs pre‑employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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