Senior Hardware Design Engineer — RF & Digital Systems

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Salt Lake City seeks a Sr Specialist, Hardware Design Engineer to lead hardware development for software-defined radio projects. You will design, analyze, and verify high-speed digital and RF circuits, integrating FPGAs, embedded processors, and networking components.

The role focuses on device-level design, bench testing, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to address national security challenges and enable advanced decision-making in diverse domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 6+ years of relevant experience or graduate degree with 4+ years.
• In lieu of degree, 10+ years of related experience accepted.
• Experience in hardware design, FPGA, PCB layout and verification expected.

Responsibilities

• Document designs from requirements through BOM and test procedures.
• Perform hardware measurements and debug at PCB level.
• Design custom cards with FPGAs, processors, and networking components.
• Characterize hardware across varied environments and interfaces.
• Support transition to manufacturing testing and design reviews.

Skills

Hardware design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

FPGA design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree + 6 years

Graduate Degree + 4 years

10 years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Mentor Graphics

Git/ClearCase

Confluence

Laboratory test equipment

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Salt Lake City seeks a Sr Specialist, Hardware Design Engineer to lead hardware development for software-defined radio projects. You will design, analyze, and verify high-speed digital and RF circuits, integrating FPGAs, embedded processors, and networking components.

The role focuses on device-level design, bench testing, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to address national security challenges and enable advanced decision-making in diverse domains.