Lead, Electrical Engineer - Digital / Hardware

L3Harris Technologies - Malabar, FL

Full-time - Senior

Malabar, FL

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Lead Electrical Engineer - Digital / Hardware at L3Harris is responsible for architecting, designing, developing, and integrating complex digital hardware systems. This role involves leading a team of engineers to address hardware failures, overseeing failure characterization, and managing troubleshooting efforts. The engineer will also engage in the full lifecycle of product development, from initial design through to testing and production support, ensuring high-quality and dependable products that meet customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of multidiscipline engineers to remedy failing hardware in the manufacturing setting.
• Provide oversight into failure characterization for module failures.
• Identify new RCCAs needed and bring forward to production lead / PE.
• Recommend next steps for all failure modes.
• Attend RCCA status meetings and present status / metrics on OOFP.
• Drive daily adjudication meetings.
• Assist with tasking for Test ARPEs and HW troubleshoot team.
• Manage focused troubleshoot team (Test ARPE, HW troubleshoot) to meet burn down goals for return to test.
• Perform complex integration and debug of CCAs containing FPGAs, Processors, and high-speed interfaces.
• Lead various design activities for new/existing products, predominantly involving an FPGA or Processor, and numerous high-speed interfaces.
• Apply complex electrical engineering principles and techniques to lead design, development, documentation, verification, and manufacturing debug activities.
• Analyze environment/component tolerances to identify corner cases and ensure sufficient design margin for all applicable conditions.
• Directly interface with members of the product development team to produce high quality/dependable products.
• Interface with Component Engineering, Purchasing, and Program Management to formulate effective obsolescence/cost/lead time mitigation solutions.
• Complete conceptual designs and trade studies to support marketing/bid/proposal efforts.
• Assist in the evaluation of supplier capabilities to provide products or services.
• Provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience, or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related electrical engineering experience.
• 6+ years experience with circuit card design processes including requirements generation, preliminary design, detailed design, test plan generation, and integration & test.
• Experience operating electronics laboratory equipment including digital multi-meters, oscilloscopes, signal generators, and DC power supplies.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience leading teams to design Digital CCAs (Technical, Cost, & Schedule).
• Experience with signal integrity analysis tools (Hyperlynx preferred).
• Experience with Mentor Graphics Xpedition tool suite.
• Experience with high speed serial protocols such as 10/25 Gb Ethernet, PCI Express Gen 2/3, Fibre Channel.
• Experience with high speed memory interfaces.
• Ability to lead teams through conflict, clarify objectives, and develop consensus/buy-in as required.
• Experience integrating with firmware/software and leading lab integration activities.
• Experience with testing and qualification of the deliverable system.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance for qualified applicants.
• Flexible work schedule with every other Friday off.