Sr Specialist, FPGA Firmware Design Engineer (Secret Security Cl NEW

$102,000 - $190,000/Yr

L3Harris Technologies - San Diego, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Diego, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Sr. Specialist, FPGA Firmware Design Engineer at L3Harris Technologies is responsible for developing FPGA firmware within the Space & Airborne Systems (SAS) Segment. This role involves designing, integrating, and testing advanced satellite communication links and encryption technology, contributing to critical mission solutions for defense and commercial applications.

Responsibilities

• Support proposal efforts in the estimation and planning of end-to-end FPGA development.
• Decompose and allocate system and box-level requirements to FPGA requirements and specifications.
• Assist in architecting solutions against requirements and implement those solutions in various FPGA technologies or platforms.
• Follow, enforce, and refine consistent firmware development processes across FPGA designs.
• Synthesize designs to targeted technologies and perform constraint driven place and route and analysis.
• Generate design review and deliverable documentation including review packages, block diagrams, interface control documents, and test plans/procedures.
• Conduct design peer reviews at various phases in the development process.
• Ensure FPGA simulations verify performance, then integrate and test the FPGA on the circuit card assembly.

Requirements

• Bachelors of Science Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 6 years relevant experience, OR a Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years relevant experience, OR in lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related engineering experience.
• Active Secret Security Clearance.
• 4+ years experience building FPGAs with difficult timing and/or difficult routing constraints.
• Experience with VHDL, the FPGA design process, and the tools used to generate the FPGA designs.
• Experience with standard lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and signal generators.
• Professional experience/knowledge of cryptographic algorithms and the ability to implement algorithms in targeted FPGA devices.

Nice-to-haves

• National Security Agency (NSA) Certification
• Designing for space environments
• Experience with communications/DSP systems
• Experience with verifying FPGA implementations against system models in MATLAB/Simulink
• Experience with 1553B, SpaceWire, XAUI, JESD, I2C, SPI interfaces
• Experience with digital encryption schemes
• Experience with Xilinx FPGAs and Vivado tools

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Education assistance
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays