Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering

Harris Geospatial Solutions; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 93,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, NY seeks a Senior Specialist in Electrical Engineering to design, develop and test embedded controls for Airborne Imaging systems. You’ll work with hardware-software interfaces, perform system-level analysis, and contribute to production test equipment development.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree with extensive experience or a higher degree with fewer years, plus strong electronics, FPGA/DSP, and high-speed networking know-how.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 8+ years of related experience, or graduate degree with 6+ years.
• In lieu of a degree, 14+ years of related experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate & test embedded controls for airborne imaging systems.
• Develop interfaces between hardware and software and verify performance.
• Allocate system requirements to electronic specs and create block diagrams.
• Develop custom production test equipment hardware and software.
• Review vendor capabilities and manage components, connectors and power.
• Prototype wire harnesses and circuit boards with procurement.
• Perform unit testing and support production and field issues.
• Ensure conformance to internal processes and security requirements.

Skills

Digital design

Analog control

Power distribution

Signal integrity

Data and video

FPGA

DSPs

SoC Kintex/UltraScale

Programming (C/C++)

Python

EMI/EMC

Ethernet IP protocols

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

ECAD tools (Altium)

Wire harness development

PCB layout

Board bring up

Test equipment HW/SW

IP protocols (I2C, SPI, RS-232/422, ARINC 818)

High-speed serial (PCIe, SRIO)

Networking (IPv6, UDP)

LabVIEW

Job description

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering

Job Code: 44587

Job Location: Rochester, NY

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

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking electrical engineers in Rochester NY to work on a dynamic team to design, develop, integrate, and test embedded controls for Airborne Imaging systems. They will work in a cross-functional team to develop, test & produce EO/IR solutions. Candidate will work closely with cross functional members of the engineering organization to develop and evaluate interfaces between hardware and software, and operational performance requirements and design of the overall system.

Essential Functions:

• Knowledge of electronics: digital design, analog control, power distribution, signal integrity, data and video.
• Design, develop, evaluate, integrate & test electronic equipment, parts, components, and circuitry for complex, high-performance systems.
• Decompose and allocate system and box-level requirements to electronic specifications.
• Review product specifications, and generate system and module-level block diagrams, flow diagrams, and design concepts
• Design and development of custom production test equipment HW and SW
• Analyze electrical requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability.
• Diagnose complex faults in existing systems and recommend design changes to improve performance.
• Review vendor capability to support development. Includes the application of specialized components such as Connectors, Processors, FPGAs, DSPs, CCAs, power supplies, and amplifiers.
• Work with procurement and suppliers to build prototype wire harnesses & circuit boards.
• Perform unit testing of hardware products.
• Work with other functional areas to develop requirements, specifications, & test plans.
• Provide timely production support and problem resolution.
• Follow internal processes to ensure conformance to established policies and procedures.
• Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 8 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, there are a minimum of 14 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Significant knowledge of circuit design, schematic capture and PCB (printed circuit board) layout using ECAD tools (Altium preferred).
• Experience in wire harness assembly development.
• Experience in board and system bring up, integration, validation, troubleshooting.
• Experience analyzing and designing digital circuits that incorporate FPGAs, CPUs, GPUs, and DSPs.
• Experience high level programming language to configure programmable logic devices (DSP & FPGA).
• Experience in Analog design such as: Motor drivers, power circuits, EMC/EMI noise reduction, motion control methods.
• Software development for test applications (C/C++, Python, LabView, etc.)
• Understanding of EMI/RFI and respective troubleshooting and design corrections/mitigations.
• Understanding the hardware development process, documentation, quality assurance, board turn-on and debug integration testing.
• Experience with control protocols such I2C, SPI, RS-232/422, and ARINC 818.
• Experience with high-speed serial protocols (PCI Express, SRIO, Ethernet)
• Experience designing 10G Ethernet based Network Interface Designs
• Experience in network protocols including IPv6 and UDP
• Experience with SoC (Kintex UltraScale/UltraScale+, Virtex UltraScale/UltraScale+, Zynq UltraScale)
• Understanding of image processing and image acquisition in a real time environment

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New York state is $92,500 - $171,500. 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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