Lead, Digital Design Engineer
About The Position
L3Harris Integrated Vision Solutions Londonderry is seeking a Lead Digital Design (FPGA) Engineer to develop modern military electronic hardware and take designs from concept to production. The role has product responsibility within new product development and involves mixed-signal, microcontroller, and DSP/FPGA work. The Lead Digital Design Engineer is responsible for the complete firmware development lifecycle, leading complex projects from defining firmware requirements through release to production. The engineer contributes to firmware architecture and designs for efficiency and reuse, working with a multidisciplinary team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience in Digital Electrical Engineering.
- At least 9 years of firmware development experience.
- Working experience using VHDL (preferred) or Verilog, with at least 8 years of proven success in advanced digital designs.
- Direct experience interfacing with microcontrollers and/or knowledge of embedded processor implementations.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Digital Electrical Engineering.
- Expertise in digital FPGA design, preferably with video and image processing experience.
- Experience with high-speed data communication.
- Experience with OrCAD, PSpice, Cadence Allegro, or equivalent CAD/CAE tools.
- Proficiency with Git and Jira.
- Experience with Jenkins and DevSecOps tool chains.
- Experience with DOORS Requirements Management.
- Proficiency in distilling system requirements into firmware requirements.
- Proficiency with firmware configuration management tools; Git preferred.
- Proficiency with ModelSim or an equivalent tool to simulate, debug, and verify digital design.
- Knowledge of design architecture trade-offs for size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C), preferably for Electro-Optical systems.
Responsibilities
- Lead the estimation, planning, and execution of firmware design and development.
- Develop FPGA VHDL code for Microchip, Xilinx (AMD), Altera (Intel), and other platforms.
- Develop top-level test benches to simulate and verify design architecture.
- Design and develop image and video processing algorithms and protocols.
- Implement vendor-specific and third-party IP.
- Translate system requirements into firmware requirements.
- Design, develop, document, and review firmware architecture with peers and stakeholders.
- Design, develop, and document hardware/software interfaces.
- Lead post-design support and troubleshooting using appropriate tools and test equipment.
- Collaborate with mechanical, optical, software, digital, and analog designers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
