Senior FPGA Test Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Anduril Industries
Santa Ana, CA, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Compensation
$191,000.0 - $253,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Board Bringup Computer-Aided Design C++ (Programming Language) Computer Engineering Ethernet Firmware Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Hardware Description Language Signal Processing Software Requirements Analysis SystemVerilog Verilog
+3 more
VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) Vivado ModelSim

Job description

We are looking for a Senior FPGA Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Reston, Virginia. You will be responsible for rapidly developing, testing, and implementing FPGA designs on Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms. This requires strong skills in digital circuit design, VHDL/Verilog coding, and simulation.

  • Integrate third-party vendors IP, as necessary.
  • Participate in entire design life cycle: from requirements and concept, through design and hand on testing/board bring up.
  • Implement a variety of signal types such as high speed comms (ethernet, serial), signal processing (analog, digital).
  • Ensure designs meet all relevant safety and performance standards, with traceability back to top-level system requirements, as necessary.
  • Investigate and resolve bugs found during hand on testing (at HDL level and system level).
  • Requires regular travel (up to 25%) to our Santa Ana location., To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
  • No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer engineering or related field
  • 8+ years of professional experience in FPGA design and development. Experience with Xilinx SoC is highly preferred
  • Familiarity with design software like Vivado (preferred), ModelSim, or Quartus
  • Proficient in VHDL and/or Verilog
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, challenging environment
  • Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills
  • 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

  • Working knowledge of designing for safety-critical functions.
  • Expert proficiency in SystemVerilog.
  • FPGA interfaces and high speed busses.
  • Experience with systems on a Chip (SoC).
  • Low-level firmware (C/C++) development for bring-up and test.

Benefits & conditions

$191,000 - $253,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril’s total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Anduril Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.

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