Senior FPGA Verification Engineer – Avionics/DO-254

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior FPGA Verification Engineer to own the verification of FPGA/SoC designs on AMD (Xilinx) platforms for flight-critical avionics in Costa Mesa, CA. You will build UVM environments, create verification plans, and write SVA checks to ensure DO-254 compliance and safety standards.

Responsibilities include data-driven coverage, constrained-random testing, regression maintenance, and collaboration with RTL teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in FPGA/ASIC verification
• Proficient in SystemVerilog, UVM methodology and SVA, with experience contributing to and extending UVM testbenches
• Object-oriented programming principles
• Industry simulators (Questa, VCS, Xcelium, or Vivado)
• Git-based collaborative workflows including code review
• Linux development environments
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Eligible to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement UVM verification environments (drivers, monitors, predictors, scoreboards) for AMD (Xilinx) FPGA/SoC designs
• Develop verification plans with traceability to system and hardware requirements
• Author SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) for protocol compliance and design intent checks
• Build functional coverage models and drive code coverage analysis to closure
• Develop constrained-random and transaction-level test sequences to maximize coverage and uncover corner-case bugs
• Establish and maintain regression suites, tracking coverage metrics and verification progress
• Debug failures using waveform tools and simulation logs at the HDL and system level
• Collaborate with design engineers on RTL reviews, bug resolution, and micro-architecture refinement
• Support hardware validation and board bring-up on target platforms
• Ensure verification meets DO-254 and relevant safety standards
• Author verification closure reports and coverage analysis summaries

Skills

SystemVerilog

UVM methodology

SVA

Object-oriented programming

Linux development

Education

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

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

Tools

Questa

VCS

Xcelium

Vivado

Git

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior FPGA Verification Engineer to own the verification of FPGA/SoC designs on AMD (Xilinx) platforms for flight-critical avionics in Costa Mesa, CA. You will build UVM environments, create verification plans, and write SVA checks to ensure DO-254 compliance and safety standards.

Responsibilities include data-driven coverage, constrained-random testing, regression maintenance, and collaboration with RTL teams.