Digital Hardware Engineering Lead

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a senior Electrical Engineer to lead hardware teams designing vehicle-management hardware, FPGAs/SoCs, and IP cores. You will drive FPGA/HDL design cycles, review high-speed digital designs, and manage full PCB development from schematics to bring-up.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in defense or automotive hardware, proficiency in VHDL/Verilog, and hands-on use of Altium Designer; eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret clearance is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in EE or equivalent required.
• 7+ years in complex board designs for defense/auto hardware.
• Led an Electrical Engineering team focused on Digital Design.
• Proficiency in HDL (VHDL/Verilog).
• Familiar with FPGA, CPU, MCU, GPU devices and interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead an electrical engineering team to deliver hardware solutions for vehicle management, DSP, and networking.
• Oversee FPGA/HDL design cycle: architecture, simulation, testing, library standardization.
• Review high speed digital and compute-based designs.
• Oversee PCB development life cycle for host boards (schematic, layout, bring-up).
• Collaborate to strategize hardware/IP core delivery across Anduril.
• Create and communicate detailed development schedules.

Skills

Leadership

HDL design

FPGA/SoC/SoM

Altium Designer

Signal integrity

Test equipment

Security clearance

Ethernet/CAN/PCIe

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

VHDL Verilog

Job description

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.

What You’ll Do

• Lead an electrical engineering team in creating hardware solutions for vehicle management, DSP, and networking
• Develop and improve workflows throughout the FPGA / HDL design cycle (Architecture, functional block definition, simulation, system testing, HDL library standardization)
• Independently reviewing high speed digital and compute based designs
• Oversee the full PCB development cycle of host boards for FPGAs / SoCs / SoMs (Developing requirements, schematic capture, board layout, bring-up, test, and integration)
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to create the strategy for delivering hardware and IP core solutions across Anduril
• Create, maintain and communicate product development schedules with sufficient detail to ensure that all assigned personnel are aware of their tasks and deadlines.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 7+ 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 FPGA, CPU, MCU, GPU 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

US Salary Range

$220,000—$292,000 USD

Benefits

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.