Senior Specialist, FPGA Engineering

L3Harris

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Work type: On-site
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Salary: $106,500–$197,500 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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L3Harris Technologies is a US aerospace and defense technology company providing space and airborne systems, communications, electronic warfare, and missile propulsion solutions for government and commercial customers.

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TL;DR · Senior Specialist, FPGA Engineering

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The Senior Specialist, FPGA Engineering joins a team designing advanced wireless digital communication and electronic warfare systems. This role involves the full development lifecycle, including proposal work, requirement definition, coding, simulation, synthesis, place and route, and verification testing. The engineer will build complex modem and digital signal processing circuits, focusing on Forward Error Correction, modulation, demodulation, and digital filters. Key technical requirements include proficiency in VHDL or Verilog, and experience with tools like ModelSim, Synplicity, Xilinx Vivado, and Altera Quartus. Candidates must demonstrate skills in high-speed serial interfaces, memory controllers, and industry standard interfaces like PCIe and Ethernet. The work addresses technical challenges in wireless digital communications, networking, and high-speed DSP data paths using FPGA devices or ASIC design.

Skills

FPGA VHDL Verilog DSP Digital Communications HLS ModelSim Xilinx Vivado Altera Quartus Matlab SystemC C C++ Git Bitbucket JIRA PCIe Ethernet SPI UART JESD LDPC

What you'll do

Manage the full design lifecycle from initial proposals and requirement definition to verification testing.
Develop advanced wireless digital communication systems and electronic warfare systems using FPGA devices.
Implement complex modem and DSP circuits including digital filters, FFTs, and error-correction codes.
Design and integrate industry-standard interfaces such as Ethernet, SPI, UART, and PCIe.
Perform FPGA verification through comprehensive simulation and unit testing.
Execute synthesis, place and route, and timing analysis using Xilinx Vivado, ISE, or Altera Quartus.
Conduct laboratory debugging using digital scopes, logic analyzers, and BERTs.
Develop testbench architectures using Matlab, SystemC, C, or C++.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree with 6 years prior experience, Graduate Degree with 4 years prior experience, or 10 years of related experience without a degree.
Active US Secret security clearance.
Experience in wireless digital communications, modems, networking, and/or digital signal processing (DSP).
Experience with FPGA verification through simulation and unit testing.
Experience in VHDL (preferred) or Verilog development languages.
Experience implementing complex modem and/or DSP circuits in programmable logic using FPGA devices or ASIC design (preferred).
Experience with simulation, synthesis, and placement software tools such as ModelSim, Synplicity, Xilinx Vivado / ISE and/or Altera Quartus (preferred).
U.S. citizens.

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