Senior FPGA Firmware Lead for Space Mission Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer – Firmware Lead in Rochester, NY. The role leads FPGA firmware engineering within the Space Mission Systems segment, ensuring end-to-end development from requirements decomposition to hardware integration.

The position requires a Bachelor’s Degree with extensive FPGA experience, ability to obtain Federal security clearance, and hands-on leadership of cross-functional teams. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are provided.

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

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA Firmware Engineering activities in the Space Mission Systems (SMS) Segment.
• 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.

Skills

VHDL

FPGA design

Firmware lead

Test benches

Team leadership

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Xilinx tools

Intel tools

Microsemi tools

Simulation tools

Job description

L3Harris Technologies is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer – Firmware Lead in Rochester, NY. The role leads FPGA firmware engineering within the Space Mission Systems segment, ensuring end-to-end development from requirements decomposition to hardware integration.

The position requires a Bachelor’s Degree with extensive FPGA experience, ability to obtain Federal security clearance, and hands-on leadership of cross-functional teams. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are provided.