Embedded FPGA Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton
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This role pays less than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $157,550–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $167k versus about $186k for comparable roles.
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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.
Anduril Industries currently has 1697 open roles on FindRole.
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As a Senior FPGA Engineer on the Battlespace Awareness team, you will serve as the technical lead for airborne radar products, establishing foundational design processes and best practices. You will translate complex signal processing algorithms into high-performance hardware implementations while leading architecture, verification, and development efforts from concept through production. Your daily work involves designing digital signal processing chains for data acquisition and filtering, performing timing analysis, and ensuring resource optimization across Altera SOC/FPGA platforms. The role requires expert proficiency in RTL design using SystemVerilog or VHDL, experience with Altera toolchains like Vivado and Quartus, and a deep understanding of FPGA design constraints. You will solve critical technical challenges in the radar domain, specifically developing systems for advanced surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting within the modern and future battlespace to support defense capabilities.
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