Senior FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Job Title

Senior FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Role Summary

Join Anduril's Intelligence Systems (AIS) team in Reston, VA to develop, test, and deploy FPGA designs on Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms for Intelligence Community customers. The role focuses on fast iteration from requirements through board bring-up to deliver mission-capable systems.

Experience Level

Senior — requires significant hands-on FPGA design experience. The posting indicates 8+ years of professional FPGA design and development experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include full lifecycle FPGA development, integration, and test:

• Develop, simulate, and implement FPGA designs on Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms.
• Integrate third-party IP when required and validate integrations.
• Participate in requirements, design, and hands-on board bring-up and testing.
• Implement signal types including high-speed communications (Ethernet, serial) and analog/digital signal processing.
• Ensure designs meet safety and performance standards with traceability to system requirements.
• Investigate and resolve hardware and HDL-level bugs discovered during testing.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and qualifications:

• Extensive professional experience in FPGA design and development, preferably with Xilinx SoC platforms.
• Proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog and experience with simulation tools (ModelSim or similar).
• Experience with FPGA toolflows such as Vivado or Quartus.
• Experience with SoC hardware bring-up, preferably on ARM-based systems.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance (currently must possess and maintain one).

Preferred:

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

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field. The posting also requires an active U.S. Secret security clearance. (No mention of Master's/PhD or explicit "or equivalent experience" language.)

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.