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# Lead Embedded Digital Engineer

- **Company:** Honeywell Aerospace
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $157,000.0 - $197,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), Signals Intelligence, Software Debugging, Digital Arts, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Dynamic Random-Access Memory, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), Lua (Scripting Language), MATLAB, PCI Express, Schematic Capture, Simulink, Subsystems, Systems Integration, Tcl (Programming Language), VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Vivado, Scripting, Digital Access Carrier System, PIC Microcontroller, Fpga Hardware
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/E974034CE8204ADABA81FF47373FDA83/job/

## About the Role

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, JESD204, 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

## Description

* 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.