Scientist, Electrical Engineering

RiseMe; Clifton (NJ); On-site; USD 153,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris EW in Clifton, NJ is seeking an experienced Scientist, Electrical Engineering to lead FPGA firmware development for electronic warfare systems. You will architect high-complexity FPGA solutions, drive verification, and mentor a team of firmware engineers while coordinating with software and hardware groups.

The role requires extensive FPGA experience, leadership capabilities, and the ability to work across disciplines to meet stringent performance and security standards.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of prior relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 10+ years with a Graduate degree.
• Active TS/SCI clearance is required or achievable.
• Experience leading a team of firmware engineers and coordinating programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA design and verification efforts for ISR/EW systems.
• Decompose system requirements into FPGA specifications and deliver hardware solutions.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure on-time firmware delivery.
• Ensure simulations verify performance before hardware integration.
• Provide technical oversight and mentoring within the FW group.

Skills

FPGA design

C

C++

Python

SystemVerilog

RTL development

MBSE

Signal processing

Debugging hardware

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MSEE or PhD in Computer Engineering or related

Tools

Mentor Graphics HDL Designer

Mentor Graphics ModelSim/Questa

Xilinx Vivado

Altera Quartus

GIT

JIRA/Confluence

Job description

Job Title: Scientist, Electrical Engineering

Job Code: 44952

Job Location: Clifton, NJ

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employee works 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris EW in Clifton, NJ has an immediate need for highly motivated FPGA design engineer. In this role you will develop, simulate, and integrate in lab highly specialized firmware designs targeting electronic warfare systems. Responsibilities include generation of firmware derived requirements, architecture of digital solutions to meet said requirements and formal test / lab verification of the functional system. The qualified candidate is able to work semi-autonomously as a lead designer, potentially driving a small team of firmware engineers through coding, simulation, code analysis, and circuit card design support.

Essential Functions:

• Provide leadership and Subject Matter Expertise for the development of high reuse and easily extensible EW technology.
• Develop Signal Processing Architectures targeting single chip and distributed chip low latency signal classification and countermeasures.
• Work cross-functionally to adopt an efficient, common, mission specific, best practices derived, development process.
• Work with a variety of firmware, software, and systems development teams, assuring requirements are verified in a consistent fashion prior to firmware delivery to Integration.
• Decompose and allocate system and box-level requirements to FPGA specifications.
• Architect High Complexity solutions against requirements and implement those solutions in FPGA platforms.
• Map FPGA simulation work products to system-level requirements and capabilities
• Refine and enforce efficient, effective, and consistent firmware development processes across FPGA designs.
• Lead team of engineers generating FPGA design solutions, assuring adherence to best practices.
• Ensure the FPGA simulations verify performance, then integrate and test the FPGA on the circuit card assembly.
• Ability to obtain a Top-Secret security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• System level knowledge of Electronic Warfare technology with a concentration in FPGA Firmware architecture development and support.
• Experience and understanding of RF concepts and constraints including analog/digital conversion, channel bandwidth, resolution BW, noise, gain, and power.
• Experience targeting VPX architecture and familiarity with SOSA standards.
• Experience with High Complexity FPGA Digital Design Techniques and Devices.
• Experience debugging down to the hardware level & experience using Signal Generators, Logic Analyzers, Digital Oscilloscopes and Embedded FPGA Debugging tools.
• MATLAB signal processing and simulation
• FPGA: Mentor Graphics HDL Designer, Mentor Graphics ModelSim/Questa, Synopsis Synplicity, Xilinx ISE, Xilinx Vivado, Altera Quartus.
• FPGA: UVM, OVM, SystemVerilog, SystemC.
• FPGA: Bring-up of advanced FPGA products like SoC, MPSoC, RFSoC, ACAP, etc.
• General: Microsoft Office, DOORs (Requirement Specification and Tractability), Revision Control (GIT, etc.), JIRA, Confluence, Linux.
• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodology and tools (Cameo, etc.)
• Programming in C, C++, Python, TCL.
• Working knowledge of Circuit Card design: Schematic Entry, PCB/PWB Layout/Route.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance.
• MSEE or PhD, Computer Engineering or related field.
• Oversight of a team of senior FW Engineers. Responsibilities to include:
• Partnering with programs to ensure they are correctly staffed, engineering processes are being followed, and proposal efforts are supported.
• Tracking performance of a Clifton Electrical Engineering FW group including staffing, training, onboarding, employee development, engagement and proactive retention
• Regular review of metrics to drive year-over-year performance improvement
• Serving as FW functional representative for site specific design reviews and review/approval of proposals and Basis of Estimates (BOEs) as needed
• Providing technical evaluation and oversight of program execution and leading/participating in technical issue resolution teams when required
• Ensuring knowledge transfer and mentoring of less experienced engineers occurs within the overall department
• Effective communicator with proven ability to deliver and sustain measurable results

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C. area, Denver, or NYC areas is $153,000-$284,000. 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. 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.

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