Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Clifton (NJ); On-site; USD 153,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

EAP

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Clifton, NJ is seeking a Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering to lead a team of engineers focused on FPGA firmware for advanced EW systems. You will drive architecture, requirements, and lab verification, guiding a small team through coding, simulation, and hardware integration.

The role demands strong leadership, extensive FPGA/firmware experience, and the ability to work across cross-functional groups while meeting program goals and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, or a Graduate Degree with 10+ years of related experience.
• Willingness to obtain a Top-Secret security clearance.
• Experience leading firmware engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 6–8 engineers to develop, simulate, and integrate firmware designs for EW systems.
• Translate requirements into FPGA architectures and verify with lab testing.
• Manage cross‑functional development processes and ensure adherence to best practices.

Skills

FPGA firmware

Electronic Warfare

System design

C/C++

Signal processing

Lab verification

Team leadership

Security clearance

FPGA tools

Xilinx Vivado

ModelSim/Questa

Mentor Graphics HDL Designer

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Graduate Degree in relevant field

Tools

FPGA: Mentor Graphics HDL Designer

FPGA: ModelSim/Questa

FPGA: Xilinx Vivado

FPGA: Quartus

SystemVerilog

C/C++

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title

Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering

Job Code

44954

Job Location

Clifton, NJ

Job Schedule

9/80: Employee works 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description

L3Harris EW in Clifton, NJ has an immediate need for highly motivated FPGA, Electrial Engineering Senior Manager. In this role you will lead a team of 6-8 engineers to develop, simulate, and integrate in lab highly specialized firmware designs targeting electronic warfare systems. Responsibilities include generation of firmware derived requirements, architecture of digital solutions to meet said requirements and formal test / lab verification of the functional system. The qualified candidate is able to work semi-autonomously as a lead designer, potentially driving a small team of firmware engineers through coding, simulation, code analysis, and circuit card design support.

Essential Functions

• Provide leadership and Subject Matter Expertise for the development of high reuse and easily extensible EW technology.
• Develop Signal Processing Architectures targeting single chip and distributed chip low latency signal classification and countermeasures.
• Work cross-functionally to adopt an efficient, common, mission specific, best practices derived, development process.
• Work with a variety of firmware, software, and systems development teams, assuring requirements are verified in a consistent fashion prior to firmware delivery to Integration.
• Decompose and allocate system and box-level requirements to FPGA specifications.
• Architect High Complexity solutions against requirements and implement those solutions in FPGA platforms.
• Map FPGA simulation work products to system-level requirements and capabilities
• Refine and enforce efficient, effective, and consistent firmware development processes across FPGA designs.
• Lead team of engineers generating FPGA design solutions, assuring adherence to best practices.
• Ensure the FPGA simulations verify performance, then integrate and test the FPGA on the circuit card assembly.
• Ability to obtain a Top-Secret security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills

• System level knowledge of Electronic Warfare technology with a concentration in FPGA Firmware architecture development and support.
• Experience and understanding of RF concepts and constraints including analog/digital conversion, channel bandwidth, resolution BW, noise, gain, and power.
• Experience targeting VPX architecture and familiarity with SOSA standards.
• Experience with High Complexity FPGA Digital Design Techniques and Devices.
• Experience debugging down to the hardware level & experience using Signal Generators, Logic Analyzers, Digital Oscilloscopes and Embedded FPGA Debugging tools.
• MATLAB signal processing and simulation
• FPGA: Mentor Graphics HDL Designer, Mentor Graphics ModelSim/Questa, Synopsis Synplicity, Xilinx ISE, Xilinx Vivado, Altera Quartus.
• FPGA: UVM, OVM, SystemVerilog, SystemC.
• FPGA: Bring-up of advanced FPGA products like SoC, MPSoC, RFSoC, ACAP, etc.
• General: Microsoft Office, DOORs (Requirement Specification and Tractability), Revision Control (GIT, etc.), JIRA, Confluence, Linux.
• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodology and tools (Cameo, etc.)
• Programming in C, C++, Python, TCL.
• Working knowledge of Circuit Card design: Schematic Entry, PCB/PWB Layout/Route.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance.
• MSEE or PhD, Computer Engineering or related field.
• Oversight of a team of senior FW Engineers. Responsibilities to include:
  • Partnering with programs to ensure they are correctly staffed, engineering processes are being followed, and proposal efforts are supported.
  • Tracking performance of a Clifton Electrical Engineering FW group including staffing, training, onboarding, employee development, engagement and proactive retention
  • Regular review of metrics to drive year-over-year performance improvement
  • Serving as FW functional representative for site specific design reviews and review/approval of proposals and Basis of Estimates (BOEs) as needed
  • Providing technical evaluation and oversight of program execution and leading/participating in technical issue resolution teams when required
  • Ensuring knowledge transfer and mentoring of less experienced engineers occurs within the overall department
  • Effective communicator with proven ability to deliver and sustain measurable results

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C. area, Denver, or NYC areas is $153,000-$284,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.