Staff FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Job Title

Staff FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Role Summary

Join Anduril's Intelligence Systems team in Reston to design, implement, test, and bring up FPGA-based systems on Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms for Intelligence Community customers. The role focuses on rapid development of digital designs, signal processing, and high-speed communications with attention to system-level integration and deployable performance.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 12+ years of professional FPGA design and development experience.

Responsibilities

Work across the hardware and system lifecycle to deliver validated FPGA functionality that meets system requirements.

• Design, code, simulate, and test FPGA logic primarily for Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms.
• Participate in full design lifecycle: requirements, architecture, implementation, board bring-up, and system integration.
• Integrate third‑party IP and validate interoperability with custom logic.
• Implement signal types including high-speed communications (Ethernet, serial) and signal processing (analog/digital).
• Perform hands-on hardware bring-up and debug at HDL and system level; resolve bugs found in testing.
• Ensure designs meet safety and performance requirements with traceability to system requirements.
• Collaborate with firmware, software, test, and systems teams to deliver production-capable solutions.

Requirements

Must-have skills, clearances, and experience.

• 12+ years of professional FPGA design and development experience.
• Proficient in VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Experience with Xilinx SoC platforms; familiarity with Vivado preferred. Experience with ModelSim or Quartus Pro is a plus.
• Experience with SoC hardware bring-up, preferably on ARM-based systems.
• Strong debugging skills at HDL and system level; experience diagnosing hardware/software integration issues.
• Excellent problem-solving, organization, communication, and teamwork skills; able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Currently holds and can maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Nice-to-have: experience with safety-critical functions, FPGA interfaces and high-speed buses, 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 field.

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.