Senior Lead FPGA & Embedded Engineer – Aerospace

Honeywell Aerospace US LLC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Disability coverage

401(k) match

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Honeywell Aerospace is seeking a Lead Embedded Digital Engineer in San Diego to drive new product development, digital architecture, and leadership of a multi-disciplinary team. You will own digital designs from concept to production, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with customers across defense and aerospace markets.

The role focuses on digital functions, RF sub-systems, and a phased radar/EW application, requiring strong FPGA, DSP, and circuit-card experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required.
• 7+ years of engineering experience in high-tech R&D or manufacturing.
• Experience in electronic product design and development.
• Experience in all phases of circuit card development from inception through production, including FPGA applications.
• Minimum 5 years using Altera Quartus, Xilinx Vivado, or similar FPGA tools.
• DSP and all other aspects of electrical engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect, simulate, design, and integrate digital functions and sub-systems into Honeywell products.
• Perform requirements analysis and trade-off studies to select optimal implementations.
• Specify, design, simulate, verify, and transition digital designs to production.
• Translate specs into digital designs using microcontrollers, FPGAs, and ADC/DACs.
• Design circuit cards, including parts selection, schematics, and layout oversight.
• Partition FPGA architectures and develop/simulate VHDL firmware.
• Develop algorithms for RF sub-systems and lead test/integration of subsystems.

Skills

DSP techniques

Programming (C/C++, Python)

RF/Microwave knowledge

FPGA development

Digital design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Altera Quartus

Xilinx Vivado

MATLAB

Simulink

Job description

Honeywell Aerospace is seeking a Lead Embedded Digital Engineer in San Diego to drive new product development, digital architecture, and leadership of a multi-disciplinary team. You will own digital designs from concept to production, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with customers across defense and aerospace markets.

The role focuses on digital functions, RF sub-systems, and a phased radar/EW application, requiring strong FPGA, DSP, and circuit-card experience.