Title:  Senior Digital Design Engineer

Job Title: Senior Digital Design Engineer

Job Code: 27856 

Job Location: Rochester, NY

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

Job Description:

Join L3Harris Communication Systems and help design the next generation of mission-critical communication systems. As a Sr. Specialist, Electrical Engineer (Digital Design), you’ll contribute directly to advanced software-defined radios and secure communication products used by those who protect and serve worldwide. You’ll collaborate with a cross-functional team of innovators, solving complex technical challenges while seeing your designs come to life in the field. This role is responsible for successfully designing PWB circuitry for a number of key communication products. This individual will be a member of a cross-functional development team with hands on responsibility for leading aspects of design, integration, and testing. 

As a Digital Design Electrical Engineer, you’ll design and develop the high-speed digital circuits, PCBs, and interfaces that form the backbone of our advanced communication systems — ensuring seamless integration between RF, FPGA, DSP, and embedded technologies.

Essential Functions:

• Digital hardware research, design, and development related to software defined radios.
• Simulation, prototyping, schematic capture, understanding of printed wiring board and flexible circuit layout design, hands on measurement of high speed and other electrical interfaces
• Ability to prioritize tasks and issues based on technical challenge and business/revenue impact.
• Diverse product development knowledge from component selection through change orders and factory implementation.
• Analysis of electrical requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Extensive hands-on experience with test equipment including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators etc. to establish operating data, conducts experimental tests and evaluate results.
• Proficient in the use of high-level programming languages to configure programmable logic devices, control electrical circuits, and to increase job efficiency.
• Perform integration with other subsystems including RF, FPGA, DSP, embedded firmware, test equipment, etc.
• Provide timely and thorough response to issues that impact continuous production and generation of revenue in in operations
• Problem-solving expertise, ability to work autonomously and with others.
• Ability to obtain US Government Secret Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Experience designing digital electronic circuits.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Familiarity with high-speed digital communications protocols (USB, Gb Ethernet, PCIeXpress, etc.)
• Knowledge of emerging digital design trends (including new parts, manufacturers, capabilities, analysis).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills couple with ability to work within a large engineering team.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New York State is $90,500- $168,500.  This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.