Specialist, Electrical Engineering - VHDL / FPGA Engineer

About the job

Job Title: Specialist, Electrical Engineering - VHDL/FPGA Engineer

Job Code: 45744****

Job Location: Mason, OH – On Site****

Job Schedule:*** ********9/80 - ***- Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris Sensors in Cincinnati Ohio is currently seeking a talented FPGA engineer with experience developing VHDL. You will get the opportunity to participate in FPGA developments including requirements, system design, detailed design, and hardware integration on cutting-edge systems. The product portfolio at L3Harris Sensors provides the opportunity to work at ultra-high speed, ultra-large format infrared cameras targeting a wide variety of defense applications. As an established pioneer in military/defense technology, Sensors is a first-rank engineering and production company.

****Essential Functions:

• ****Requires proficient knowledge of job area. May have practical knowledge of project management.

• Proficient knowledge of FPGAs and VHDL design including a minimum of 4 years of direct experience in:

• ModelSim/Questa or equivalent logic simulation tools

• MATLAB/Simulink for algorithm development

• Standard streaming and memory mapped interfaces (Avalon, AXI, etc.)

• FPGA vendor tools (Altera, AMD/Xilinx)

• Python for automating tasks (FPGA builds, simulations, etc.)

• Product Development

• Design, implementation, verification, and integration of VHDL components.

• Effective communication skills with other engineering teams and customers.

• Participate in VHDL peer reviews.

• Analysis of component synthesis, timing, and clock domain crossings.

• Technical presentations including internal design reviews.

• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

****Preferred Additional Skills:

• Proficiency in digital hardware design, interfaces, and architecture:

• NAND, NOR, and DDR memory interfaces

• GigE Vision, Camera Link, CoaXpress, HDSDI, SDI

• High Speed Ethernet (1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE)

• High Speed Serializers and Deserializers (SERDES)

• LVDS, RS-422, I2C, SPI

• Interfacing with custom ASICs

• Understanding of project/task management and technical estimating

• Facilitate continuous improvement activities

• Working knowledge of manufacturing, assembly, and test processes

• Experience in design for test, quality, reliability, manufacturability, and EMC is a plus.

• Experience in Agile Scrum development methods is a plus.

• Experience in writing VHDL that interfaces with a microcontroller.

• Experience with Universal Verification Methodology.

• Experience in writing timing constraints for FPGA designs.

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