Specialist, Electrical Engineer

L3Harris Technologies; Clifton (NJ); On-site; USD 93,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Clifton, NJ seeks a highly motivated FPGA design engineer to develop, simulate, and integrate firmware for electronic warfare systems. You will decompose requirements to FPGA specs, architect FPGA solutions, and lead a small team through scripting, simulation, and circuit-card support.

The role emphasizes full lifecycle VHDL development, bench verification, and tight collaboration with hardware and software teams.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in electrical/computer engineering aligned with 2+–8+ years of experience.
• Experience FPGA design, VHDL, and FPGA architecture to meet stringent mission requirements.
• Familiarity with high-speed serial protocols and advanced simulation/verification methods.

Responsibilities

• Decompose system requirements into FPGA specifications and architectures.
• Implement FPGA solutions on target platforms and ensure verification.
• Lead or mentor a small firmware team; perform code reviews and integration.
• Drive hardware/software/FPGA integration and lab verification across the product cycle.
• Support project planning, design reviews, and production release of documentation.

Skills

VHDL

FPGA design

Altera/Xilinx

DDR3/DDR4

I2C

SPI

PCIe

SRIO

Ethernet

SoC (Kintex/UltraScale, Virtex/UltraX)

Networking protocols (IPv6, UDP)

Git/Subversion

Education

BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

8+ years related experience without a degree

Tools

Git

Subversion

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: Specialist, Electrical Engineering (FPGA)

Job Code: 44361

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 design engineer. In this role you will 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:

• Decompose and allocate system and box-level requirements to FPGA specifications.
• Architect solutions targeting FPGAs against requirements and implement those solutions on FPGA platforms.
• Map FPGA simulation work products to system-level requirements and capabilities
• Review product specifications, and generate system and module-level block diagrams, flow diagrams, and design concepts
• Refine and enforce consistent firmware development processes across FPGA designs.
• Support team leaders generating FPGA design solutions.
• Ensure the FPGA simulations verify performance, then integrate and test the FPGA on the circuit card assembly.
• Participate in the full life cycle development and integration of VHDL into different families of FPGAs.
• Experience coding in VHDL and modeling algorithms, simulating and integrating multiple FPGA-based modules
• Drive the bench-level system integration with hardware, software, and other FPGA designs
• Support the planning and execution of project plans, design reviews and production release of modified or new product documentation
• Support qualification and production test in the event of test failures
• Ability to obtain a Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• BS Degree in electrical/computer engineering and 4+ years of professional experience, an MS degree in electrical/computer engineering and 2+ years of professional experience, or 8+ years of related experience without a degree

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Thorough understanding of version control best practices and tools (subversion, git, etc.) to closely track changes to the FPGA baseline.
• Experience with control protocols such I2C, SPI, RS-232/422, and DDR3 / DDR4.
• Experience with complex block and top-level simulations of FPGA designs requiring high level transaction-based models.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments in a fast-paced work environment and to complete design/project goals with minimal oversight and direction.
• Formal FPGA verification experience, UVM, Directed Testing, Code Coverage
• Experience with and understanding of Altera or Xilinx FPGA architectures
• Experience with high-speed serial protocols (PCI Express, SRIO, Ethernet)
• Experience designing Network Interface Designs
• Experience in network protocols including IPv6 and UDP
• Experience with SoC (Kintex UltraScale/UltraScale+, Virtex UltraScale/UltraScale+, Zynq UltraScale)
• Experience with VHDL

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New Jerseyis [$92,500 - $171,500 MAX]. 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.

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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