FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Job Title

FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Role Summary

Join Anduril's Intelligence Systems (AIS) team in Reston, VA to design, develop, test, and deploy FPGA-based capabilities for Intelligence Community customers. The role focuses on implementing high-performance FPGA and SoC designs (Xilinx), supporting hardware bring-up, and delivering traceable solutions that meet system requirements.

Experience Level

Mid-level; 5+ years of FPGA/HDL hardware design experience preferred.

Responsibilities

The engineer will take designs from requirements through implementation and hands-on testing.

• Develop, simulate, and implement FPGA designs using VHDL/Verilog on Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms.
• Integrate third-party vendor IP as needed and validate integration at HDL and system level.
• Participate in the full design lifecycle: requirements, architecture, implementation, board bring-up, and verification.
• Implement and verify interfaces and signal types including high-speed communications (Ethernet, serial) and signal-processing blocks (analog/digital).
• Perform SoC hardware bring-up, including ARM-based system integration and low-level testing.
• Investigate and resolve hardware and HDL-level bugs discovered during bring-up and system testing.
• Ensure designs meet safety and performance standards with traceability to top-level requirements.

Requirements

Core qualifications and clearances required or strongly preferred.

Must-have:

• 5+ years of FPGA/HDL hardware design experience (preferred).
• Proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog and experience with simulation tools.
• Experience with Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms and familiarity with Vivado, ModelSim, or Quartus.
• Hands-on experience with SoC hardware bring-up, preferably on ARM-based systems.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills; able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience designing for safety-critical functions.
• Knowledge of FPGA interfaces and high-speed busses.
• Experience with systems on chip (SoC) and low-level firmware (C/C++) for bring-up and test.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Anduril

Headquarters: Costa Mesa, CA, USA

Anduril is a defense technology company that builds autonomous systems, AI, sensor-fusion, and computer-vision-enabled platforms for U.S. and allied military and intelligence customers, powered by its Lattice OS to accelerate delivery of operational capabilities.