Senior Specialist, Digital Hardware Design Engineer

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in Carlsbad, CA or San Diego, CA seeks a Senior Specialist, Hardware Design Engineer to design custom digital circuit cards, including FPGAs and embedded processors, for software-defined radio applications.

You will implement interfaces such as PCIe, 100GE, DDR4, and SDRAM, develop documentation, and support manufacturing transitions in a collaborative team environment. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of experience, or a graduate degree with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience; graduate degree reduces requirement.
• Security clearance may be required in this role.

Responsibilities

• Design custom digital circuit cards using FPGA and embedded processors.
• Implement interfaces and memory technologies (1GE, 10GE, 40GE, 100GE, PCIe, DDR3/DDR4).
• Develop circuit card documentation, including requirements, test procedures, and BOMs.
• Characterize circuit card performance across environmental conditions.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and support manufacturing transition of circuit cards.
• Participate in design reviews and integration into larger systems.

Skills

Circuit design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Digital hardware design

Laboratory debugging

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Degree

Tools

Mentor Graphics

Git/ClearCase

Confluence

Job description

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Hardware Design Engineer

Job Code: 46475

Job Location: Carlsbad, CA OR San Diego, CA

Job Schedule: 9/80- Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are seeking an ambitious digital hardware design engineer to help us design custom circuit technology for software-defined radio applications. As a member of our team, you’ll help us build groundbreaking digital and RF circuits for the special operations and intelligence communities to address challenging national security problems and enable planning and decision making in domains as diverse as active threat deterrence, signal intelligence, cyber operations, machine learning, image processing, and applied data analytics. You’ll join a multidisciplinary team of engineers who believe in fostering an open, collaborative work environment to solve complex problems.

As a Digital Hardware Design Engineer, you will assist in the development of communications systems through board-level integration of high-speed digital components, commercially available chipsets, and embedded processors. Product Design: Schematic Capture, Simulations, PCB analysis and layout.

Essential Functions:

• Design custom digital circuit cards using schematic capture tools, incorporating FPGAs, embedded processors, networking components, and other electronic components.
• Implement industry-standard interfaces and memory technologies, including 1GE, 10GE, 40GE, 100GE, SPI, UART, SDRAM, DDR3, DDR4, JESD, PCIe, and 1000BASE-T.
• Develop and maintain circuit card documentation, including requirements, test procedures, and bills of materials.
• Characterize circuit card performance across a wide range of environmental conditions.
• Perform detailed functional and performance measurements, troubleshoot issues, and debug circuit cards.
• Support test engineering in transitioning circuit card testing to manufacturing.
• Participate in design reviews and support circuit card integration into larger systems.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Master’sDegree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with circuit card assemblied and digital hardware design experience.
• Familiar with lab test equipment.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience with digital circuit card verification, schematic capture, PCB Layout.
• Experience in laboratory debug techniques using digital scopes, logic analyzers, BERTS, and other complex measurement devices.
• Experience with Mentor Graphic’s tools is preferred.
• Familiarity with code revision management tools such as Git/ClearCase.
• Familiarity with Confluence or other information sharing tools.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California is $106,500 - $197,500. 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.

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