Edge AI Engineer for Embedded & FPGA Systems

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 118,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Flexible work arrangements

Generous vacation

Medical benefits

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque seeks an AI engineer to advance high-TRL software for embedded processors, real-time systems, and FPGA architectures. You will join a multidisciplinary team leveraging agentic coding workflows and AI-assisted development to accelerate deployment on constrained hardware.

The role covers concept development, rapid prototyping, hardware/software integration, testing, and transition to high-reliability applications, with onsite work and relocation support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five years of directly relevant experience.
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q clearance and SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph.
• Experience developing AI/embedded systems for enterprise and national security applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and integrate high-TRL software for embedded, electronics, and FPGA platforms.
• Apply agentic coding tools and AI-assisted development methods to improve software productivity, quality, and maintainability.
• Implement AI, machine learning, and autonomy algorithms for real-time execution on resource-constrained hardware.
• Collaborate with electronics, firmware, software, systems, and mission-domain experts to develop integrated solutions.
• Optimize algorithms and software for latency, power, memory, and reliability constraints.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop testing, embedded platform bring-up, verification, validation, and fieldable prototype demonstrations.
• Contribute to software architectures, development workflows, and best practices for trusted AI-enabled embedded systems.
• Explore emerging tools and methodologies for applying generative AI and autonomous coding agents to mission software development.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Verilog

VHDL

MATLAB

Embedded Linux

Real-time OS

FPGA

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Graduate degree (preferred)

Tools

HDL tools

Git

CI/CD

Simulation tools

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque seeks an AI engineer to advance high-TRL software for embedded processors, real-time systems, and FPGA architectures. You will join a multidisciplinary team leveraging agentic coding workflows and AI-assisted development to accelerate deployment on constrained hardware.

The role covers concept development, rapid prototyping, hardware/software integration, testing, and transition to high-reliability applications, with onsite work and relocation support