FPGA Verification Engineer, Air Vehicles

Job Title

FPGA Verification Engineer, Air Vehicles

Role Summary

Responsible for ownership and execution of verification for FPGA/SoC designs on AMD (Xilinx) platforms for flight-critical avionics. Work focuses on UVM-based, coverage-driven verification of RTL and integration with hardware validation and board bring-up.

Position is based in Costa Mesa, CA and supports compliance with avionics safety standards such as DO-254.

Experience Level

Entry-level / Early career — approximately 2+ years of FPGA/ASIC verification experience is required.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include developing and executing verification strategies and tests to achieve coverage and closure for FPGA/SoC designs.

• Architect and implement UVM test environments (drivers, monitors, predictors, scoreboards).
• Create verification plans traceable to system and hardware requirements.
• Author SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) and build functional coverage models.
• Develop constrained-random and transaction-level test sequences and drive code-coverage closure.
• Maintain regression suites and track verification progress and metrics.
• Debug failures at the HDL and system level using waveform tools and simulation logs.
• Collaborate with RTL designers on reviews, bug fixes, and micro-architecture changes.
• Support hardware validation, board bring-up, and integration on target platforms.
• Ensure verification processes meet DO-254 and relevant safety-critical standards.
• Author verification closure reports and coverage summaries.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, tools, and other requirements.

• 2+ years FPGA/ASIC verification experience (required).
• Proficient in SystemVerilog, UVM methodology, and SVA; experience extending UVM testbenches.
• Understanding of object-oriented programming principles.
• Experience with industry simulators (Questa, VCS, Xcelium, or Vivado).
• Experience with Git-based workflows, code review, and Linux development environments.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills; able to work with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Eligible to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice-to-have / preferred:

• Experience with DO-254, avionics verification standards, or safety-critical processes.
• Formal verification, CDC verification tools, or SVUnit-style unit testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with digital interfaces (Ethernet, PCIe, JESD204C, MIL-STD-1553, SPI) and SoC/ARM platforms.
• Verification automation, CI/CD integration, scripting (Python, Tcl), and Nix-based build environments.

Education Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field. A Master’s degree in a related field is preferred.

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.