Staff FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems
AndurilJob Title
Staff FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems
Role Summary
Join Anduril's Intelligence Systems (AIS) team to design, implement, and validate FPGA-based signal processing and communications subsystems for Intelligence Community customers. The role focuses on rapid development, hands-on testing, and production bring-up of FPGA solutions on modern SoC/FPGA platforms.
Experience Level
Senior — 12+ years of professional FPGA design and development experience.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include:
- Design, code, simulate, and verify FPGA logic for SoC/FPGA platforms.
- Participate in the full design lifecycle: requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, and board bring-up.
- Implement and validate high-speed communications (Ethernet, serial) and analog/digital signal-processing blocks.
- Integrate third-party vendor IP and ensure proper interfacing and performance.
- Perform hands-on hardware bring-up and system-level testing; debug issues at HDL and system levels.
- Ensure designs meet safety and performance standards with traceability to system requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and maintain technical documentation for delivered designs.
Requirements
Must-have:
- 12+ years of professional FPGA design and development experience.
- Proficient in VHDL and/or Verilog and FPGA simulation/verification workflows.
- Experience with FPGA design tools such as Vivado, ModelSim, or Quartus Pro.
- Experience in SoC hardware bring-up, preferably on ARM-based systems.
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
- Strong problem-solving, organizational, communication, and teamwork skills; ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Nice-to-have:
- Experience with Xilinx SoC devices.
- Designing for safety-critical functions and experience with FPGA interfaces and high-speed buses.
- Low-level firmware (C/C++) development experience for bring-up and test.
- Experience with systems-on-chip (SoC) integration and related toolchains.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (as stated in the posting).
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.
