Lead FPGA Embedded Engineer

Honeywell Aerospace•San Diego, CA

5d•$157,000 - $197,000

About The Position

Honeywell Aerospace is seeking an experienced Lead Embedded Digital Engineer for new product development and product improvement projects at its San Diego location. The role works with customers and a multidisciplinary team, shaping technical approaches and increasing the digital footprint of aerospace products. The engineer owns digital architecture for a phased radar or Electronic Warfare application and drives its design from concept through production. The role also leads and mentors junior engineers. Responsibilities include architecting, simulating, designing, implementing, integrating, and supporting digital functions and subsystems; analyzing requirements and evaluating implementation trade-offs; developing digital and firmware designs; and translating specifications into circuit designs involving microcontrollers, FPGAs, memory, converters, sensors, and power regulators. The engineer oversees circuit-card design, partitions FPGA architectures, develops and simulates VHDL firmware, applies algorithms to RF electronics subsystems, leads testing and integration, interfaces with RF subsystems or motion-controlled positioner assemblies, and produces design and verification documentation. The role requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, at least seven years of engineering experience in high-tech R&D or manufacturing, electronic product design and development experience, experience across circuit-card development from inception through production, and at least five years using FPGA development tools such as Altera Quartus or Xilinx Vivado. U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance are required. The stated annual base salary range is $157,000–$197,000.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
At least 7 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, debug, and documentation, and experience with FPGA applications.
At least 5 years of job experience using Altera Quartus, Xilinx Vivado, or similar FPGA development tools.
Experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and other aspects of electrical engineering.
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance in accordance with 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM).

Nice To Haves

Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
Experience working with RF/Microwave systems, ADCs, DACs, or knowledge of RF front-end signal flow; the posting states “Seven (10) years.”
Experience in system engineering with MATLAB, Simulink, Xilinx System Generator, or Altera Platform Designer; the posting states “Three (5) years.”
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.
Working experience with I2C, SPI, JESD204, PCI Express, and Ethernet interfaces and standards.
Experience using C/C++, Python, Lua, and TCL.
Experience with prototype assembly, turn-on, and debug in a laboratory environment.
Experience with 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

Architect, simulate, design, support implementation, and integrate digital functions and subsystems into Honeywell Aerospace products.
Perform requirements analysis and trade-off studies, and select practical implementations.
Perform requirements specification, digital and firmware design, simulation, design verification, system integration, and transition to production.
Translate specifications into digital designs involving microcontrollers, FPGAs, DRAM, digital synthesizers, A/D and D/A converters, sensors, and switching and linear regulators.
Oversee circuit-card design, including parts selection, schematic entry, and layout.
Partition FPGA architectures and develop and simulate VHDL firmware.
Create or use algorithms for RF electronics subsystem applications.
Lead testing and integration of circuit cards, subsystems, and systems.
Interface with complex RF subsystems and/or motion-controlled positioner assemblies.
Author design description documents, verification procedures, and related documentation.
Own digital architecture for a phased radar or Electronic Warfare application and drive design from concept to production.
Lead and mentor junior engineers.