Digital Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Salary: $146,000–$194,000 / yr
Posted: 69 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

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TL;DR · Digital Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike

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JOB TITLE: Digital Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike The Digital Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike joins the Electrical Engineering Team to develop high-reliability avionics, embedded processing, and power systems for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms. This role involves designing and integrating RTL for FPGA and SoC platforms within high-performance embedded systems and mission-critical hardware. Key responsibilities include translating hardware requirements into microarchitecture, implementing RTL using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog, and managing the full development cycle from simulation and synthesis to timing closure and lab bring-up. The engineer will utilize Linux-based environments, Git workflows, and Tcl or Python scripting to solve complex digital hardware problems. The work focuses on delivering flight-critical electronics and FPGA-based processing architectures that meet demanding performance, reliability, and survivability requirements for next-generation autonomous air platforms.

Skills

FPGA RTL VHDL Verilog SystemVerilog SoC Python Tcl Linux Git CI/CD AMD (Xilinx Intel/Altera Vitis Ethernet PCIe JESD204 SPI I2C UART CAN MIL-STD-1553 DO-254 Jira

What you'll do

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 physical hardware.
Support board bring-up, lab validation, and system integration on target platforms.
Contribute to reusable design practices, coding standards, and development workflows.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a 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.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

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