Principal Digital Hardware Engineer (FPGA/VHDL)

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

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About The Position

We are seeking a Principal Digital Hardware Engineer to serve as the technical lead for our electrical engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for creating embedded compute solutions for vehicle management, DSP, and networking. You will own the full PCB development cycle of host boards for FPGAs / SoCs / SoMs, including requirement development, schematic capture, board layout, bring-up, testing, and integration. Additionally, you will develop and improve workflows throughout the FPGA / HDL design cycle, covering architecture, functional block definition, simulation, system testing, and HDL library standardization. Collaboration with internal stakeholders is key to developing and rolling out compute solutions across Anduril in a scalable manner. You will also be responsible for creating, maintaining, and communicating product development schedules with sufficient detail to ensure all assigned personnel are aware of their tasks and deadlines.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• Understanding and familiarity with DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160, DO-311A
• Understanding and familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-461
• Expertise in computer networking
• Experience with implementing enhanced security measures

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 your 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.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: Benefits At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal