Senior FPGA Architect – Flight Avionics & Lead Engineer

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Palm Bay (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Palm Bay, FL seeks a Senior Specialist FPGA Engineer to lead FPGA design, development, and verification for flight avionics systems. You will decompose system requirements, architect FPGA solutions, and drive lab verification while mentoring junior engineers.

Ideal candidates have strong VHDL skills, FPGA architecture experience (Altera/Xilinx), and a background in high-speed protocols and integration with hardware and software. Security clearance is a plus.

Qualifications

• Requires BFS/BS with 6+ years of relevant experience, or graduate degree with 4+ years.
• Active security clearance is a plus.
• Experience with FPGA verification and integration into flight avionics systems.

Responsibilities

• Decompose requirements into FPGA specs and implement on FPGA platforms.
• Lead FPGA design teams, code, simulate, and integrate firmware into hardware.
• Verify FPGA performance through lab tests and system integration.

Skills

VHDL

FPGA design

Altera/Xilinx FPGA

PCIe/SRIO/Ethernet

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree + 6 years experience

Graduate Degree + 4 years experience

Tools

Siemens toolset

Git

Subversion

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Palm Bay, FL seeks a Senior Specialist FPGA Engineer to lead FPGA design, development, and verification for flight avionics systems. You will decompose system requirements, architect FPGA solutions, and drive lab verification while mentoring junior engineers.

Ideal candidates have strong VHDL skills, FPGA architecture experience (Altera/Xilinx), and a background in high-speed protocols and integration with hardware and software. Security clearance is a plus.