Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering (21141)

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering

Job Code: 21141

Job Location: Mason, Ohio

Schedule: 9/80 Schedule

About Space & Sensors:

L3Harris Space & Sensors Division, headquartered in Mason, Ohio, designs, develops, and manufactures complex systems (electronic, avionics, transceivers, transmitters, electro-optical, and electro-mechanical) for the defense, aerospace, and commercial markets. L3Harris is a recognized leader in Electro-Optical technologies that enable systems to support surveillance, reconnaissance, threat detection, and self-protection missions. Our world-class Space Avionics systems include equipment for Mars Rover/Landers/Orbiters, Launch Vehicles, and Imaging Satellite Communications. 

Space & Sensors team members bring their passion for innovation and engineering, their desire to push the envelope to adapt, communicate, and deliver on highly reliable mission-critical systems. We offer an alternative 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, and the opportunity to work with a talented and diverse group of professionals.

Mason, OH is located in Warren County, “Ohio’s Largest Playground.” Major attractions are right around the corner, including Great Wolf Lodge and Kings Island Amusement Park. Our site is 20 minutes from downtown Cincinnati, where there are multiple attractions including The Newport Aquarium and The Cincinnati Zoo. Cincinnati is also the home AFC Champions the Cincinnati Bengals, the Cincinnati Reds, the Cincinnati Cyclones and FC Cincinnati of Major League Soccer.

Job Description:

L3Harris Space & Sensors in Mason 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 diverse product portfolio at L3Harris Space & Sensors provides opportunities to work on ultra-high speed, ultra-large format infrared cameras, launch vehicle avionics, and orbital vehicle communications. As an established pioneer in space exploration and military/defense technology, Space and Sensors, is a first-rank engineering and production company.

Essential Functions:

• Product DevelopmentAnalysis of component synthesis, timing, and clock domain crossings.
  • Design, implementation, verification, and integration of VHDL components.
  • Effective communication skills with internal customers.
  • Participate in VHDL peer reviews.
• Analysis of component synthesis, timing, and clock domain crossings.
• Technical presentations including internal design reviews.

Qualifications:

• Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET or ECE) and minimum 8 years prior related experience; OR Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET, or ECE) and minimum 6 years prior related experience; OR Graduate/Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET, or ECE) and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience required.
• Must be able to obtain a US Security Clearance.
• Proficient knowledge of FPGAs and VHDL design including a minimum of 6 years of direct experience in:
  • ModelSim/Questa or equivalent logic simulation tools
  • MATLAB/Simulink
  • Standard streaming and memory mapped interfaces (Avalon, AMBA, etc.)
  • FPGA vendor tools (Microchip, Intel/Altera, AMD/Xilinx)

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Proficiency in digital hardware design, interfaces, and architectures:Understanding of project/task management and technical estimating.
  • NAND, NOR, and DDR memory interfaces
  • GigE, 10GigE, GigE Vision
  • High Speed Serializers and Deserializers (SERDES)
  • LVDS, RS-422, I2C, SPI
• Understanding of project/task management and technical estimating.
• Facilitate in 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.