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- Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania 19007
- Work model: On-site
- Posted 3 days ago
- Job ID: JPC - 211414
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Job Description
Job Summary: Senior Specialist, FPGA Digital Design Engineer (Contractor, L4)
Location: Bristol, PA | Schedule: 9/80-Every Other Friday Off | Rate: ~$78.82/hr
About the Role
Join L3Harris's TRF Bristol engineering team as a Senior FPGA Digital Design Engineer, contractor level 4, and play a vital part in creating next-generation airborne telemetry, RF, secure communications, and embedded flight-safety solutions for critical US and allied aerospace and defense platforms. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams in a dynamic, high-reliability environment, transforming system requirements into robust FPGA firmware that powers mission success.
Responsibilities
- Drive FPGA architecture, design, implementation, and integration across full product lifecycle
- Translate system and circuit-card requirements into optimized VHDL-based FPGA solutions
- Execute simulation, verification, and integration for airborne and ruggedized environments
- Develop advanced digital signal processing, communication, and encryption functions on FPGAs
- Apply disciplined development, peer review, and documentation practices
- Produce thorough technical documents, design reviews, diagrams, interface docs, and test plans
- Collaborate with RF, systems, electrical, and software engineers for seamless integration
- Support production readiness, qualification, environmental testing, and performance validation
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor's degree with 6+ years, graduate degree with 4+ years, or 10+ years relevant engineering experience
- Minimum 4 years hands-on VHDL and FPGA development experience
- Proven ability to implement FPGA designs with challenging timing and resource constraints
- Experience integrating FPGAs on circuit card assemblies; skilled with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, signal generators
- Proficiency with at least one major FPGA vendor platform: AMD (Xilinx), Intel (Altera), or Microchip (Microsemi)
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a US Secret security clearance
Preferred Skills
- Ruggedized airborne, secure communications, telemetry, or RF FPGA hardware design
- FPGA verification against MATLAB/Simulink models
- Digital signal processing algorithm implementation (modulation, filtering, signal conversion)
- Experience with multiple FPGA toolsets (Vivado, Quartus, Libero) and embedded-system integration
- Knowledge of qualification and environmental test processes for high-reliability hardware
- Background in secure/encryption-related FPGA processing
- Familiarity with embedded microcontrollers or mixed FPGA-processor architectures
Benefits
- Enjoy a unique 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off for optimal work-life balance
- Gain exposure to cutting-edge aerospace and defense technology
- Collaborate with top-tier multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Opportunity to contribute to high-impact, mission-critical products
- Competitive hourly rate
How to Apply
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Job details
Job ID JPC - 211414
Location Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States
Work Model On-site
Industry Defense - Aerospace
Department Technical
Category Engineering
Posted October 16, 2026
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