Principal Digital Hardware Engineer (PCBs/FPGAs/HDL)

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 220,000 - 292,000 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 15+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["HDL","VHDL","Verilog","Altium Designer","PCB","FPGA","SoC","ECU","Ethernet","CAN","I2C","SPI","PCIe","USB","Signal integrity","Power integrity","Oscilloscope","Logic analyzer","Test automation"]

Lead and deliver embedded compute solutions for vehicle management, DSP, and networking by owning full PCB development cycles for host boards, guiding FPGA/HDL design workflows, and coordinating across stakeholders to scale compute solutions with clear schedules and deliverables.

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Anduril
Anduril
6 months ago

Principal Digital Hardware Engineer (PCBs/FPGAs/HDL)

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Job Summary

Lead and deliver embedded compute solutions for vehicle management, DSP, and networking by owning full PCB development cycles for host boards, guiding FPGA/HDL design workflows, and coordinating across stakeholders to scale compute solutions with clear schedules and deliverables.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering

Key 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.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 220,000 - 292,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceRetirement SavingsIncome ProtectionCommuter BenefitsRelocation

Key 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
Experience:15+ yearsDefenseEmbedded systemsHardware engineering
Education:Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering
Skills:HDLVHDLVerilogAltium DesignerPCBFPGASoCECUEthernetCANI2CSPIPCIeUSBSignal integrityPower integrityOscilloscopeLogic analyzerTest automation
Languages:English
Tech Stack:VHDLVerilogAltium DesignerFPGASoCEthernetCANI2CSPIPCIeUSBHDLOscilloscopeLogic analyzer

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Top Secret

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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