Advanced Embedded Digital Engineer

Honeywell Aerospace•San Diego, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Honeywell Aerospace, the Advanced Embedded Digital Engineer owns a digital component within a phased radar or Electronic Warfare application and drives its design from concept through production. The role includes leading and mentoring junior engineers and architecting, simulating, designing, implementing, integrating, verifying, and transitioning digital functions and subsystems into aerospace products. Work spans circuit-card design, FPGA firmware, embedded software, system integration, and documentation, including interaction with complex RF subsystems and motion-controlled positioner assemblies. The position reports to the Senior Embedded Engineering Manager and is based in San Diego, California, on a Monday–Friday 9/80 schedule. Honeywell Aerospace develops products and services for commercial aviation, defense, and space. The company states that its technology supports aircraft safety, fuel efficiency, on-time performance, and passenger experience, and that it has approximately 36,000 employees worldwide and net sales of $17.4 billion in 2025. The annual base salary range is $118,000–$148,000. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance under 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM). The posting also requires the candidate to be a U.S. Person as defined for U.S. export-control purposes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a technical discipline such as science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
At least 2 years of engineering experience in high-tech R&D and/or manufacturing companies.
Work experience in electronic product design and development.
Experience with all phases of circuit-card development, from inception through production, including architecture, schematics, layout, debugging, documentation, and FPGA applications.
Direct job experience using Altera Quartus or Xilinx Vivado FPGA development tools.
Experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and other aspects of electrical engineering.
Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance; non-U.S. citizens are not eligible for clearance processing for this role.
Must be a U.S. Person under U.S. export-control rules, as defined in the posting.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
Two years of experience working with RF/Microwave systems, ADCs, DACs, or knowledge of RF front-end signal flow.
One year of system-engineering experience with one or more of MATLAB, Simulink, Xilinx System Generator, or Altera Platform Designer.
Experience taking a design from concept to production.
Knowledge of high-speed digital and/or analog design.
Proficiency with Xilinx Vivado and Altera Quartus tool sets.
Knowledge of I2C, SPI, JESD204, PCI Express, and Ethernet interfaces and standards.
Experience with coding and scripting languages such as C/C++, Python, Lua, and TCL.
Experience with prototype assembly, turn-on, and debugging in a laboratory environment.
Awareness of radar, EW/ELINT/SIGINT, and communications.
Experience working in and driving results for a matrix organization.
Active security clearance.
Prior experience in the Aerospace & Defense industry.

Responsibilities

Own a digital component within a phased radar or Electronic Warfare application and drive its design from concept to production.
Lead and mentor junior engineers.
Architect, simulate, design, support implementation of, and integrate digital functions and subsystems into Honeywell Aerospace products.
Perform requirements specification, digital design, firmware design, simulation, design verification, system integration, and transition to production.
Translate specifications into digital designs involving microcontrollers, FPGAs, DRAM, digital synthesizers, A/Ds, D/As, sensors, and switching and linear regulators.
Perform circuit-card design, including parts selection, schematic entry, and layout oversight.
Partition FPGA architectures and develop and simulate VHDL firmware.
Write and debug embedded code for microcontrollers.
Test and integrate circuit cards, subsystems, and systems.
Interface with complex RF subsystems and/or motion-controlled positioner assemblies.
Author related documentation, including design description documents and verification procedures.