Digital Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike
Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Hardware : Digital Design
Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194kPosted 2mo ago
About the role
FPGA/SoC design engineer role focused on RTL development for high-performance embedded avionics and mission-critical hardware within Anduril's Air Dominance and Strike Electrical Engineering Team.
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 the engineering rigor required for production hardware.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 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.
Skills
Required:RTL design (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog)FPGA/SoC developmentSimulation, synthesis, timing closureLab bring-up and hardware debuggingCollaborative cross-domain teamwork
Benefits
- Benefits package (comprehensive, competitive, available at little to no cost) including health, recovery, and related support.
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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