Senior Digital Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Salary: $166,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted: 9 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
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 · Senior Digital Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike

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Senior 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 used in mission-critical hardware. The engineer will manage the full development cycle, including microarchitecture, RTL implementation in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, and lab bring-up. Key technical requirements include experience with Linux-based environments, Git workflows, and Tcl or Python scripting. The position requires expertise in digital design fundamentals like clocking, resets, and state machines while addressing high-speed interfaces such as Ethernet, PCIe, and MIL-STD-1553. The work focuses on delivering flight-critical electronics and FPGA-based processing architectures for autonomous air platforms within a defense technology context.

Skills

FPGA RTL VHDL Verilog SystemVerilog SoC Python Tcl Linux Git CI/CD Xilinx Ethernet PCIe JESD204 SPI I2C UART CAN MIL-STD-1553

What you'll do

Design and implement RTL in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog for FPGA and SoC-based systems.
Translate system requirements into microarchitecture, interface definitions, and implementation plans.
Own major functional blocks from initial architecture through timing closure and lab debug.
Execute simulation, synthesis, and implementation flows to ensure timing and resource closure.
Debug functional, timing, and integration issues in both simulation environments 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.
8+ years of FPGA, ASIC, or closely related digital design experience.
Proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog for FPGA and SoC-based systems.
Hands-on experience with simulation, synthesis, implementation, and timing closure on modern FPGA platforms.
Experience debugging functional, timing, and integration issues in both 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 or Python scripting.
Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

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