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# Principal Digital Hardware Engineer (FPGA/VHDL)

- **Company:** Anduril Industries
- **Location:** Costa Mesa, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $253,000.0 - $336,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Altium Designer, Automation of Tests, Computer Networks, Digital Electronics, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Electronic Design Automation, Ethernet, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, PCI Express, Schematic Capture, Signal Integrity, Software Engineering, System Testing, USB, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Serial Peripheral Interface, MIL-STD-810 Environmental Testing, DO-178B
- **Published:** September 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9179588/principal-digital-hardware-engineer-fpgavhdl

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
 * 15+ years of experience designing, testing and troubleshooting complex board designs in military, automotive or similar hardware.
 * Experience with leading an Electrical Engineering team focused on Digital Design
 * Proficiency in an HDL language (VHDL, Verilog)
 * Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies.
 * Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc.
 * Experience in design for signal integrity / power integrity.
 * Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits.
 * Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests.
 * Proficient with Altium Designer or equivalent electronic design automation design tool
 * Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance, * Understanding and familiarity with DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160, DO-311A
 * Understanding and familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-461
 * Expertise in computer networking
 * Experience with implementing enhanced security measures

## Description

* Technical lead for electrical engineering team, creating embedded compute solutions for vehicle management, DSP, and networking.
 * Own the full PCB development cycle of host boards for FPGAs / SoCs / SoMs (Developing requirements, schematic capture, board layout, bring-up, test, and integration).
 * Develop and improve workflows throughout the FPGA / HDL design cycle (Architecture, functional block definition, simulation, system testing, HDL library standardization).
 * Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop a strategy for developing and rolling out your compute solutions across Anduril in a scalable manner.
 * Create, maintain and communicate product development schedules with sufficient detail to ensure that all assigned personnel are aware of their tasks and deadlines., 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.