Hybrid Senior Advanced Hardware Engineer – FPGA, Firmware

at Honeywell

• Job title: Senior Advanced Hardware Engineer – FPGA, Firmware
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: CA$94,000 - CA$125,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Linux, Python, SDLC, Unix
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cambridge, Canada

About the role

• Sr Advanced Hardware Engineer at Honeywell designing and developing FPGA and firmware solutions for aerospace applications. Collaboration with engineering teams to ensure successful project delivery in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical solutions and support on development programs as part of a highly engaged and integrated engineering team.
• Develop FPGA and embedded software solutions for Space products.
• Create or utilize requirements, architecture, detailed design, and test plan documentation to meet program and customer needs.
• Participate in requirements analysis and design verification and validation activities.
• Test, debug, and troubleshoot software, systems, and electronics to resolve issues.
• Perform simulation and analyses and develop system-level models to ensure end-to-end performance requirements of FPGA and software designs are met.
• Provide technical support to customers.
• Develop documentation according to space agency standards (e.g. CSA, NASA, ESA).
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution in a technical discipline such as Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in hardware/firmware design and development of electronic products.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in FPGA design, architecture, coding, and simulation.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in one of the Hardware Descriptive Languages: VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the use of logic simulation tools ModelSim, QuestaSim, or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in FPGA Place and Route, Static Timing Analysis, bit stream generation, HW programming, and debugging.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in using Mentor Graphic tools for schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Microcontroller and Microprocessor (Digital) designs for interfacing memory and other peripherals.
• Understanding of electronic components and digital circuits.
• Experience with embedded software development, preferably targeting Linux/UNIX, using languages such as C, C++, Python.
• Knowledge of ASCOM, serial communication, and Ethernet protocols (REST API, SFTP, HTTP, UDP, TCP, TELNET).
• Experience with product development and knowledge of industry best practices in the Aerospace/Space industry.
• Experience with safety-critical systems and software development.
• Understanding of hardware and software development life cycle models.
• Experience with system-level simulation tools such as MATLAB.
• Usage of Electronic Test & Measurement equipment.
• Ability to quickly analyze, incorporate, and apply new information and concepts.
• Ability to consistently make timely decisions even in the face of complexity, balancing systematic analysis with decisiveness.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and adapt to project changes.
• Ability to simultaneously manage a variety of complicated tasks.
• A results-oriented and structured problem-solving approach.
• A passion for innovation and continuous learning.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and people-oriented skills.
• Self-motivation and the ability to work with little supervision, consistently taking the initiative to get things done.

Benefits

• Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities under the Ontario Human Rights Code.