Senior FPGA Engineer - RF/DSP Architect, 9/80 Schedule

L3Harris Technologies; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in San Diego, CA, seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead high-performance FPGA designs for advanced communications systems. You will define architectures, develop VHDL, optimize implementations, and drive verification from concept to deployment.

Collaborating with hardware, software, and systems teams, you will mentor junior engineers, review designs, and help advance RF/digital fusion with cutting-edge FPGA technology. Travel up to 10% may be required.

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.

Responsibilities

• Shape project plans and estimates so the team starts with a clear understanding of the FPGA work ahead.
• Turn system-level requirements into practical FPGA architectures and specifications.
• Work with RF and systems engineers to ensure digital and RF pieces fit together.
• Design and refine FPGA solutions for RF communication systems, including filtering, mixing, signal conversion.
• Build and verify DSP algorithms for modulation, demodulation, and other communication processing tasks.
• Prepare designs for target FPGA devices, run place-and-route with the right constraints, and analyze timing and resource usage.
• Contribute to and improve consistent development practices, including peer reviews and firmware processes.
• Create clear technical documentation—design review materials, block diagrams, interface documents, and test plans.
• Confirm performance through simulation, then integrate and test FPGA designs on actual circuit-card hardware.
• Active Secret Security Clearance or ability to obtain once hired.

Skills

VHDL development

High-speed digital design

Timing analysis

DSP algorithms

Embedded systems interfacing

RF principles

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Degree

13+ years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Signal generators

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in San Diego, CA, seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead high-performance FPGA designs for advanced communications systems. You will define architectures, develop VHDL, optimize implementations, and drive verification from concept to deployment.

Collaborating with hardware, software, and systems teams, you will mentor junior engineers, review designs, and help advance RF/digital fusion with cutting-edge FPGA technology. Travel up to 10% may be required.