Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineer - FPGA

L3HHCM20•City of Rochester, NY

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About The Position

L3harris is seeking signal processing focused digital design and verification engineers to support our development of tactical communication products. The candidate will function in an FPGA developer/verification role, working in a cross functional team environment to design, verify and test modem/signal processing-based FPGA firmware for radio communication systems. Successful candidates must have experience with RTL development using VHDL, as well as FPGA verification methodologies using SystemVerilog. Candidate will be required to analyze requirements, create FPGA specifications/development plans, create FPGA verification/test plans, code firmware designs in VHDL, code test benches in System Verilog, and verify designs meet requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 7 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experiencein FPGA development.
Experience developing and verifying FPGA/ASIC based embedded system solutions.
Experience in FPGA/ASIC development using VHDL or Verilog
Experience in FPGA/ASIC verification using SystemVerilog
Experience with integrating FPGA firmware on hardware
Experience with FPGA Vendor Specific FPGA Implementation tools (Vivado/Quartus/Libero)
Experience working in a Linux based development environment

Nice To Haves

Experience with MatLab, Simulink or similar digital signal processing (DSP) modelling tools
Experience in communication system signal processing theory and waveform design
Experience with TCL or Python scripting languages
Working knowledge and experience in implementation and testing of MODEM RF Designs
Experience with Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
Working knowledge and experience with vendor specific FPGA verification tools (Mentor Questa, Visualizer)
Active US Government security clearance
Ability to work efficiently with remotely located teams and co-workers
Solid technical writing skills and ability to communicate technical concepts/solutions both inside and outside of the organization.
Experience with Software Configuration Management (SCM) tools such as SVN (Subversion), GIT (Bitbucket), etc.

Responsibilities

Ability to analyze system requirements and architect FPGA based processing solutions based on requirements the latest FPGA digital technology.
Experience implementing complex modem and/or DSP circuits in programmable logic using FPGA devices. Equivalent experience in ASIC design is also applicable.
Broad experience in embedded system design and solutions for communications systems.
Architect, Implement, and verify complex algorithms in FPGAs and Software
Perform detailed analysis including requirements analysis, use case scenarios, conceptual design, trade studies, test, operation, and maintenance of radio communications products.
Work with cross functional teams as needed to define and refine design requirements and implement.
Develop self-checking test benches for FPGA design verification and validation using SystemVerilog.
Assist in the development of high-level and detailed verification test plans consistent with system requirements and specifications
Prepare design and implementation reviews. Present technical briefings and status to internal and external customers.
Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance