Lead, Digital Design Engineer

Job Title:

Lead, Electrical Engineer (Digital Design) Job Code: 41438

Job Location:

Londonderry, NH or Tempe, AZ

Job Schedule:

9/80;
Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

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Harris Integrated Vision Solutions Londonderry, a leading designer and manufacturer of laser, night vision and electro-optic devices, is seeking a Lead Digital Design (FPGA) Engineer to pursue a career in a fast-paced company where new designs become production reality. As a member of our new product development staff, you will become a recognized contributor with product responsibility for the development of modern military electronic hardware.

A variety of mixed signals, microcontrollers, and DSP/FPGA qualifications will be required to bring projects from concept to production.

As a Lead Digital Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the complete firmware development lifecycle, leading the firmware development of complex projects from defining firmware requirements through release to production.  You will be a key contributor in defining the firmware architecture and designing for efficiency and reuse.

This role requires an energetic and motivated individual with strong communication, organization, and technical skills who works well in a multi-disciplinary team.

Essential Functions:

Lead the estimation, planning, and execution of firmware design and development

Developing FPGA VHDL code for Microchip/Xilinx (AMD)/Altera (Intel)/Other platforms

Developing top level test benches for simulating and verifying design architecture Designing and developing image and video processing algorithms and protocols

Implementing vendor specific and 3rd party IP Translation of system requirements into firmware requirements

Designing firmware architecture, documenting, and reviewing with peers and stakeholders

Design, develop, and document hardware / software interfaces

Lead the post-design support and troubleshooting utilizing appropriate tools including oscilloscopes, logic/spectrum analyzers and other test equipment

Collaborating with a cross-discipline team of mechanical, optical, software, digital and analog designers

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience in Digital Electrical Engineering.
9+ plus years of firmware development experience

Working experience using VHDL (preferred) or Verilog with a minimum of 8 years proven track record of successful advanced digital designs

Direct experience interfacing with microcontrollers and/or knowledge of embedded processor implementations

Preferred Additional

Skills:

Bachelors Degree in Digital Electrical Engineering preferred

Expert in digital FPGA design, preferably with video and image processing experience

Experience with high-speed data communication considered a significant plus

Experience with OrCAD, PSpice, Cadence Allegro or equivalent CAD/CAE tools Proficient with Git and Jira

Experience with Jenkins and Dev Sec Ops  tool chains

Experience with DOORS Requirements Management Proficient at distilling system requirements into firmware requirements

Proficient with firmware configuration management tools.  Git preferred

Proficient with Model Sim or equivalent tool to simulate, debug, and verify digital design

Knowledge of design architecture trade-offs for size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C) preferably for Electro-Optical systems#LI-RK2