Avionics FPGA Design Engineer, Air Dominance

Linuxconfig; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Digital Design Engineer to design RTL for FPGA/SoC platforms used in high-performance embedded systems and mission-critical hardware. You will participate from requirements through RTL implementation, timing closure, lab bring-up, and system integration.

The role welcomes candidates from complex digital hardware environments and requires a U.S. security clearance.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of FPGA, ASIC, or closely related digital design experience.
• Proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Hands-on experience with simulation, synthesis, implementation, and timing closure on modern FPGA platforms.
• Hands-on debug experience in simulation and on hardware.
• Strong digital design fundamentals including clocking, resets, state machines, CDC awareness, and interface design.
• Proficiency with Linux-based development environments, Git-based workflows, and Tcl and/or Python scripting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement RTL in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog for FPGA and SoC-based systems.
• Translate system and hardware requirements into microarchitecture, interface definitions, and implementation plans.
• Own FPGA designs or major functional blocks from architecture through integration, timing closure, and lab debug.
• Develop and execute simulation, synthesis, and implementation flows, including timing and resource closure.
• Debug functional, timing, and integration issues in simulation and on hardware.
• Support board bring-up, lab validation, and system integration on target platforms.
• Collaborate with hardware, embedded software, systems, and verification engineers to deliver complete solutions.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and technical documentation.
• Contribute to reusable design practices, coding standards, and development workflows.
• Support rapid prototyping while maintaining engineering rigor for production hardware.

Skills

FPGA/ASIC design

VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog

Linux/Git scripting

Digital design fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Linux development

Xilinx/Intel/Altera/Lattice tooling

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Digital Design Engineer to design RTL for FPGA/SoC platforms used in high-performance embedded systems and mission-critical hardware. You will participate from requirements through RTL implementation, timing closure, lab bring-up, and system integration.

The role welcomes candidates from complex digital hardware environments and requires a U.S. security clearance.