Wilmington, MA
22 days ago
Lead, Sr FPGA Digital Design Engineer

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Job Title: Lead, FPGA Digital Design Engineer

Job Code: 14038

Job Location: Wilmington, MA

Relocation: Relocation assistance is available to qualified applicants

Job Description:

This position will work closely with software and systems to lead the development of FPGA Firmware in the Space & Airborne Systems (SAS) Segment of L3Harris. The SAS Segment provides mission solutions for space and airborne domains with defense, intelligence, and commercial applications.

Essential Functions:

The Lead FPGA Engineer will perform the following:

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.Architect solutions against requirements and implement those solutions in various FPGA technologies or platforms.Lead small teams of engineers in executing FPGA development of highly reliable and robust FPGA designs.Follow, enforce, and refine consistent firmware development processes across FPGA designs.Develop HDL code for module and top level and generate appropriate testbench and verification environments.Map FPGA simulation work products to system-level requirements and capabilities.Synthesize designs to targeted technologies and perform constraint driven place and route and analysis.Ensure FPGA simulations verify performance, then integrate and test the FPGA on the circuit card assembly.

Qualifications:

Bachelors of Sciense Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 9 years professional experience or a Graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.Professional experience with development of FPGA requirements and specificationsProfessional experience with VHDL, the FPGA design process, and the tools used to generate the FPGA designsExperience with generating review documentation and presenting technical reviews internally and customer facingProfessional experience building FPGAs with difficult timing and/or difficult routing constraintsProfessional experience with Microchip RTG4 FPGAs and associated Microchip design toolsPrior or current experience leading FPGA design efforts, with responsibility for cost and schedule executionAbility to secure a Secret or Top Secret security clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

Experience with standard lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and signal generatorsVersion control tools (subversion, git, etc) Designing for space environmentsHigh speed memory interfacesHigh speed serial protocols (PCI Express, SRIO, Ethernet)Analog to Digital (AD) and Digital to Analog (DA) interfacesControl protocols such I2C, SPI, RS-232/422, and SpaceWireLinting and CDC analysis toolsXilinx, Microsemi, and Intel, Tool Suites (VHDL, Synthesis, Place and Route, Simulation, Timing Analysis)Work in an integrated team environment with Hardware, Software, and Systems Engineering

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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