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Job Title: Lead, Electrical Engineering 

Job Code: 36925

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Description:

In a fast moving and increasingly complex world, L3Harris is anticipating and rapidly responding to challenges with agile technology – creating a safer and more secure future. L3Harris is seeking a dynamic Electrical Engineer to pursue a career in our fast-paced company where new designs become production reality. As a member of our product development staff, you will lead and support electrical teams in the creation of new technological initiatives and advancements.

Essential Functions: 

• Lead the design and development of digital hardware and mixed-signal technologies including FPGAs, ASICs, DSPs, processors, memory, and high-speed devices by applying advanced electrical engineering principles.
• Drive all phases of digital hardware development by solving complex challenges in requirements analysis, detailed design, simulation, schematic capture, analysis, documentation, manufacturing, integration, and verification.
• Analyze product and system-level requirements and translate them into detailed electrical specifications, ensuring design feasibility within time and cost constraints.
• Develop conceptual designs and conduct trade studies to support bid and proposal efforts, as well as new business development opportunities.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with Technical and Program Leadership as well as cross-functional product development teams to deliver high-quality, reliable solutions and achieve engineering and business goals.
• Analyze component tolerances and environmental factors to identify corner cases and ensure robust design margins for high reliability in harsh MIL-STD environments, including shock/vibration, temperature extremes, immersion, etc.
• Develop and implement mitigation strategies for obsolescence, cost, and lead time challenges.
• Lead advanced troubleshooting and debugging activities for digital hardware, including circuit card assemblies (CCAs), modules, payloads, and system-level hardware, resolving issues down to the component level.
• Utilize a variety of electronic laboratory instruments, such as multimeters, oscilloscopes (DSO, Mixed Signal), signal generators, DC power supplies, etc.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with 9 years prior experience, Graduate Degree with 7 years prior experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Previous Electrical Engineer experience
  
  

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance
• Experience developing digital hardware within the defense, aerospace, medical, or other mission-critical industries.
• Experience developing deliverable space-qualified hardware.
• Experience with ECAD tools for digital design, including signal integrity analysis (Hyperlynx), circuit and timing analysis (LTSpice), and schematic capture and PCB Layout (Siemens Xpedition).
• Experience with high-speed protocols, including 10/25 Gb Ethernet, PCI Express Gen 2/3/4 Fibre Channel, and other high-speed standards.
• Experience integrating firmware/software with hardware and leading lab integration activities.
• Experience serving as a subcontract technical representative, including evaluating supplier capabilities, generating SOWs and specifications for subcontracted items, and providing technical input and approval for third-party deliverables.
• MATLAB, Python, or similar programming experience for digital design and analysis.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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