Specialist, Electrical Engineer-FPGA

L3Harris•San Diego, CA

About The Position

Help shape the future of secure RF communications by designing FPGA architectures for next-generation mission-critical communication systems. The role owns work from concept through deployment, including defining architectures, developing high-performance VHDL/Verilog, optimizing for speed and resource efficiency, and validating designs through simulation and bench testing. The engineer partners with hardware, software, and systems engineers to develop mixed-signal and RF processing solutions. The position is based in San Diego, California, follows a 9/80 schedule (nine workdays in each 14-day period, totaling 80 hours, with every other Friday off), and may require travel up to 10% to engage with stakeholders and support on-site integration. The successful candidate must be able to obtain and maintain at least a Secret clearance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of related experience; or a graduate degree and at least 2 years of related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 8 years of related experience.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a minimum Secret-level security clearance.

Nice To Haves

At least 4 years of experience with VHDL, the FPGA design process, and tools such as Xilinx Vivado, ModelSim, and Synplify.
At least 2 years of experience with RF principles, including filtering, mixing, and signal conversion.
At least 2 years of experience with DSP algorithms and implementing them on FPGAs.
At least 4 years of experience with debugging tools, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and signal generators.
At least 2 years of experience creating technical documentation and design specifications and delivering presentations to cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Experience with embedded systems and microcontroller interfacing.
Experience implementing cryptographic algorithms in FPGA devices.
Experience designing for space environments.
Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

Translate system-level requirements into FPGA architectures, specifications, and work estimates.
Develop and optimize FPGA designs for advanced RF communication systems, including filtering, mixing, modulation, and error-correction coding.
Design, implement, and verify FPGA-based DSP algorithms for real-time signal processing.
Run simulations, perform timing closure, and integrate designs on hardware to ensure performance.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate FPGA solutions into full system designs.
Conduct code reviews, troubleshoot design issues, and refine existing architectures.
Produce engineering artifacts, including block diagrams, interface control documents, test procedures, and review packages.
Travel up to 10% to engage with stakeholders and support on-site integration activities.