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Principal Digital Hardware Engineer (FPGA/VHDL)

Anduril· Hardware Platform : Hardware Engineering Services : Electrical Engineering Design
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Costa Mesa, CA$253k - $336kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Technical lead for electrical engineering focusing on embedded compute solutions and FPGA/HDL design for military hardware. Responsible for full PCB development cycle and scalable compute solutions across Anduril.

Responsibilities

  • Technical lead for electrical engineering team, creating embedded compute solutions for vehicle management, DSP, and networking.
  • Own the full PCB development cycle of host boards for FPGAs / SoCs / SoMs (developing requirements, schematic capture, board layout, bring-up, test, and integration).
  • Develop and improve workflows throughout the FPGA / HDL design cycle (Architecture, functional block definition, simulation, system testing, HDL library standardization).
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop a strategy for developing and rolling out compute solutions across Anduril in a scalable manner.
  • Create, maintain and communicate product development schedules with sufficient detail to ensure that all assigned personnel are aware of their tasks and deadlines.

Qualifications

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

Skills

Required:Electrical engineering leadershipHDL programmingPCB designSignal integrity / power integrityHardware testing and validationAltium DesignerSecurity clearance

Benefits

  • Benefits package including health, recovery, and other supports (comprehensive and competitive)
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
  • Equity grants included in majority of full-time offers (subject to eligibility)
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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