Sr. FPGA Engineer, Certification

Reliable Robotics; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 215,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics is building safety‑enhancing aviation technology with a mission to save lives. The Sr. FPGA Certification Engineer will own the FPGA certification lifecycle and drive DO‑254 plans for a high‑assurance phased‑array radar system.

The role emphasizes coordination with FAA and DERs, adherence to DO‑254 processes, and collaboration with an experienced engineering team focused on reliable, airborne hardware implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 10+ years of full-cycle aviation electronics hardware development experience
• Experience with safety‑critical FPGA certification in a DO‑254 level A/B process
• Professional experience designing and/or verifying FPGA digital logic using industry‑standard design, simulation, and synthesis tools

Responsibilities

• Own the FPGA certification lifecycle, including DO-254 plans and standards, and develop compliant peer-review and testing processes.
• Coordinate certification activities with the FAA and DERs to enable safe, dependable airborne electronics hardware.

Skills

FPGA development

DO-254 experience

verification tools

Aviation electronics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

VHDL/Verilog

EDA tools

Job description

Overview

We're building safety‑enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient, and fundamentally transformative to the way goods—and eventually people—move around the planet. We are a team of mission‑driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics, and self‑driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Sr. FPGA Certification Engineer at Reliable Robotics, you will be a part of the FPGA team which owns the firmware at the heart of our phased array radar. Phased array radar systems have historically been reserved for specialized applications, but we’re making this technology affordable to enable Detect and Avoid for widespread commercial applications.

Responsibilities

In your role, you will be responsible for the entire certification lifecycle of the FPGA. You will author DO‑254 plans and standards, develop compliant processes for peer review and testing, perform qualification of relevant design and verification tools, and develop strategies for efficient verification of the product. You will guide verification through execution and coordinate certification activities with the FAA and relevant DERs. Your contributions will directly enable the efficient realization of safe and dependable airborne electronic hardware at Reliable Robotics.

Basic Success Criteria

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
• 10+ years of full‑cycle aviation electronics hardware development experience
• Experience with safety‑critical FPGA certification in a DO‑254 level A/B process
• Professional experience designing and/or verifying FPGA digital logic using industry‑standard design, simulation, and synthesis tools

Preferred Criteria

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
• Experience working with RADAR or RF transceivers
• Proven track record of product ownership including development and field support
• Comfortable with a fast‑paced, agile/iterative development life cycle
• Pragmatic, results‑oriented work style

FPGA engineers at Reliable Robotics have a unique opportunity to work within a vertically integrated technology stack that extends up to the aircraft level, with a direct impact on the aircraft's capabilities and requirements. They execute a focused mission to establish the foundation of Reliable's technology roadmap. We are a fast‑paced team that gets results. With your experience, motivation, skills, and enthusiasm, you'll help the team accomplish amazing things.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant's capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non‑U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non‑U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export‑controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export‑controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non‑disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre‑employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [e-mail].

Compensation Range: $215K - $300K