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Lead FPGA Embedded Engineer

Job in San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92189, USA
Listing for: Honeywell Aerospace
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-18
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 157000 - 197000 USD Yearly USD 157000.00 197000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

At Honeywell Aerospace, we engineer solutions for the world's most critical missions. We serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets.

Seeking a career that offers challenging, diverse projects and opportunities? Looking for a position with a company that offers long-term professional advancement? Searching for a place that values a diverse, team-based environment? One that values YOU. Consider Honeywell Aerospace.

The most important thing we build is TRUST

OVERVIEW

Our San Diego location is seeking an experienced Lead Embedded Digital Engineer for new product development and product improvement projects, working with customers and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Take a leading role in shaping our technical approach by increasing the digital footprint in our products. Take ownership for the digital architecture within a phased radar or Electronic Warfare application and drive the design from concept to production.

As a lead embedded engineer, you will also lead and mentor junior engineers.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Architect, simulate, design, develop, support implementation, and integration of digital functions and sub-systems into Honeywell Aerospace products.

  • Perform requirements analysis, trade-off studies, select optimum practical implementation.

  • Perform requirements specification, digital design, firmware design, simulation, design verification, system integration, and transition to production.

  • Translate specifications into digital designs including microcontrollers, FPGAs, DRAM, digital synthesizers, A/Ds, D/As, sensors, switching and linear regulators.

  • Circuit card design including parts selection, schematic entry, and layout oversight

  • Partition FPGA architectures and develop and simulate VHDL firmware.

  • Create or use novel algorithms for RF electronics sub-system applications

  • Lead test and integration of circuit cards / sub-systems / systems.

  • Interface with complex RF subsystems and/or motion-controlled positioner assemblies.

  • Author related documentation such as design description documents, verification procedures, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS

The annual base salary range for this position is $157,000-$197,000. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Honeywell Aerospace considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status or have the ability to obtain an export authorization

Must Have:
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering.

  • Minimum 7 years' experience in Engineering in high-tech R&D and/or manufacturing companies.

  • Work experience in electronic product design and development.

  • Experience in all phases of circuit card development from inception through production (architecture, schematics, layout, debug and documentation), and FPGA applications.

  • Minimum of 5 years' job experience using Altera Quartus, Xilinx Vivado, or similar FPGA development tools.

  • Experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and all other aspects of electrical engineering.

Preferred:
  • Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.

  • Seven (10) years of experience working with RF/Microwave systems, analog to digital converters (ADCs), digital to analog converters (DACs) or knowledge of RF front end signal flow.

  • Three (5) years of experience in system engineering with one or more of the following modeling and design tools: MATLAB, Simulink, Xilinx System Generator or Altera Platform Designer.

  • Experience taking a design from concept to production.

  • Knowledge of high-speed digital and/or analog design.

  • Proficiency with Xilinx Vivado and Altera Quartus tool sets.

  • Working experience with I2C, SPI, JESD
    204, PCI Express, and Ethernet interfaces and standards.

  • Experience using coding and scripting languages: C/C++, Python, Lua, TCL.

  • Experience with prototype assembly, turn-on, and debug in a laboratory environment.

  • Experience with radar, EW/ELINT/SIGINT, and communications are a plus.

  • Experience working in and driving results for a matrix organization.

  • Active security clearance.

  • Prior experience in the Aerospace & Defense industry

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