Senior FPGA Engineer, EW

Job Title

Senior FPGA Engineer — Electronic Warfare

Role Summary

The Senior FPGA Engineer will design, implement, verify, and bring up FPGA-based processing for software-defined radio (SDR) platforms on Xilinx SoC/FPGA devices. The role sits on the Electronic Warfare (EW) team in Costa Mesa, CA and works closely with electrical and software engineers to deliver mission-ready EW electronics and FPGA architectures.

Experience Level

Senior. The posting identifies this as a senior role; no specific years-of-experience were listed.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include end-to-end FPGA development, integration with RF hardware, and establishing robust design and verification processes.

• Design and verify HDL (VHDL/Verilog) for FPGA-based DSP and SDR subsystems.
• Integrate VHDL DSP modules into larger system architectures and validate functionality.
• Bring up new PCBs and support board-level bring-up activities for SDR hardware.
• Develop drivers and low-level firmware for custom RF components (PLLs, mixed-signal front ends).
• Work with software and electrical teams to validate interfaces and system performance.
• Help establish and improve FPGA design, verification, and release processes for the team.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and clearances required for the role, followed by preferred skills.

• Must-have: Proven experience with DSP implementation for embedded devices and/or software-defined radios.
• Must-have: HDL design experience using VHDL or Verilog.
• Must-have: Experience with Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms.
• Must-have: Experience with bring-up of high-speed digital interfaces (PCIe, JESD, etc.).
• Must-have: Experience working in a Linux development environment and using tools such as Git and gcc.
• Must-have: Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Must-have: Experience leading or mentoring FPGA engineers on hardware and FPGA module development.
• Preferred / Nice-to-have: Embedded Linux driver development experience.
• Preferred / Nice-to-have: Exposure to wireless communications or radar systems and RF test equipment (spectrum analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope).
• Preferred / Nice-to-have: Experience with Xilinx AI Engines or NVIDIA CUDA.

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.