Lead, Electrical Engineering - Digital Hardware; Palm Bay, FL

Position: Lead, Electrical Engineering - Digital Hardware (Palm Bay, FL)
Job Tile:
Lead, Electrical Engineering – Digital Hardware Job Code: 46114

Job Location:

Palm Bay, FL

Schedule:

9/80

Job Description L3

Harris is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware to join our team in Palm Bay, FL. In this role, you will support the design and development of advanced space-qualified digital hardware for mission-critical applications. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative spacecraft and payload digital solutions in a fast-paced engineering environment where concepts move into production reality.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in spacecraft electrical digital subsystem design, including digital architecture development, circuit simulation, detailed analysis, hardware verification, and cross-functional collaboration. This position will play a key role in supporting current and future programs, internal research and development efforts, and strategic growth initiatives.

Essential Functions:

Lead the design and development of advanced digital and mixed-signal hardware using sound electrical engineering principles and best practices.

Support all phases of hardware development, including requirements analysis, architecture definition, detailed design, schematic capture, simulation, documentation, manufacturing, integration, and verification.

Translate customer and system-level requirements into detailed electrical specifications and power architectures while balancing technical, cost, and Design and analyze digital and mixed-signal circuit topologies, including:

Processor and microcontroller-based circuitsFPGA, CPLD, and digital array designs

Memory and storage interfacesADC and DAC interface circuits

High-speed digital communication interfaces

Clock generation and distribution circuits

Data acquisition and control circuits

Mixed-signal interface circuits

Reset, monitoring, and supervisory circuits

Perform detailed analysis of digital circuits for:

Timing and margin

Thermal performance

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Radiation effectsEMI/EMCComponent derating

Troubleshoot and resolve hardware issues at the component, board, module, payload, and system levels.

Use laboratory instruments such as oscilloscopes, source meters, electronic loads, signal generators, multimeters, and DC power supplies to validate designs and investigate issues.

Conduct trade studies and develop conceptual digital solutions in support of proposals, IRAD, and new business opportunities.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including systems, firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program leadership.

Evaluate component tolerances and environmental impacts to ensure robust design margins for high-reliability applications in harsh operating environments.

Support risk reduction and mitigation activities related to obsolescence, cost, producibility, and long-lead materials.

Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience designing and developing digital hardware systems

Experience with high-speed or dense processing hardware architectures

Experience with hardware integration, verification, and debug

Experience working in a collaborative engineering development environment

Experience with mission definition, concept generation, trade studies, preliminary and final design, component selection, integration, test support, materials selection, and design documentation

Experience developing qualified deliverable power hardware for space, aerospace, defense, medical, or other mission-critical applications

Experienc…