Senior Firmware Engineer

Job Title

Senior Firmware Engineer

Role Summary

The Imaging team is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to design and mature FPGA-based imaging products for defense applications. You will work on hardware/firmware architecture, prototype development, and integration leading to ground and flight testing.

This role partners with electrical, software, and systems engineers to deliver production-quality FPGA/SoC firmware and board support.

Experience Level

Senior - 10+ years of experience developing HDL firmware for FPGA devices.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include FPGA architecture, RTL development, integration, and validation for imaging systems.

• Lead FPGA architecture definition, standards, design reviews, and development processes.
• Design, simulate, and integrate VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL into FPGAs or SoCs for performance, resource, and power targets.
• Develop processor bring-up and board support packages; integrate firmware with software and hardware subsystems.
• Create testbenches and perform verification using simulation and lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
• Optimize algorithms and data paths for hardware acceleration and efficient use of on-chip buses (e.g., AXI, AXI-Stream).
• Support prototype build, ground and flight testing, and transition of prototypes to production.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and clearances.

• 10+ years developing HDL firmware for FPGA devices (RTL design and integration).
• Expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog for RTL development.
• Experience with industry FPGA toolchains such as Xilinx Vivado or Intel Quartus.
• Strong hardware/software debugging skills and experience using lab instruments.
• Proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git) for collaborative development.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice-to-have

• Design experience with multi-gigabit SERDES, DDR memory buses, Ethernet MAC/PHY, and common buses (SPI, I2C).
• Embedded software experience (timers, interrupts, SPI controllers, ADCs) and familiarity with embedded Linux (device trees, drivers, bootloaders).
• Experience with Python or MATLAB and familiarity with infrared image sensor technology.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field is typically required.

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.