Senior Firmware Engineer, Space

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Anduril Imaging team develops state-of-the-art imaging systems across both hardware and software deployed to tackle the most significant security challenges of America and its allies. The team is heavily involved in utilizing computer vision perception electro-optical infrared and sensor data to give our war fighters and allies an advantage.

ABOUT THE JOB

The Space Imaging team is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to join the team. The Space Imaging team is responsible for all aspects of spaceborne EO/IR system development from the ideation stage through initial this role you will work closely with an interdisciplinary technical team to define space EO/IR payload electrical architectures build prototypes perform ground testing and mature the prototypes into flight hardware products. As needed you will also lead small teams of engineers from concept through system definition and development.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Lead FPGA architecture standards development and review processes
• FPGA Development : Designing architecting simulating and integrating VHDL designs into FPGAs or Systems on Chip (SoC) for optimized performance resource utilization and power efficiency.
• Hardware/Software Integration : Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams (electrical engineers software engineers systems engineers) to ensure seamless integration of the firmware with the overall system including processor bring-up and board support packages.
• Testing and Validation : Developing robust test benches in VHDL/Verilog and utilizing lab tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for rigorous testing and validation of designs against functional specifications and performance requirements.
• Optimization : Optimizing the algorithms for hardware acceleration including MIPS optimization and efficient use of on-chip bus protocols like AXI or AXI-Stream.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Education : A Bachelors in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or a related technical field is typically required.
• Experience : 8 years of experience developing HDL firmware for FPGA devices
• Hardware Description Languages : Expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog is essential for RTL (Register Transfer Level) design.
• FPGA Tools : Experience with industry-standard FPGA design tools such as Xilinx Vivado or Intel Quartus.
• Debugging Skills : Strong hardware/software debugging skills using standard lab equipment.
• Version Control : Proficiency with version control systems (e.g. Git) for collaborative development.
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated experience designing with multi-gigabit SERDES DDR memory busses Ethernet MAC and PHY interfaces FPGAs and common communication busses like SPI and I2C
• Embedded software development experience with the use of timers interrupts hardware peripherals such as SPI controllers and ADCs
• Knowledge of embedded Linux development including device trees hardware drivers bootloaders and basic Unix/Linux tools
• Familiar with common programming languages like Python and MATLAB
• Familiarity with infrared image sensor technology

US Salary Range

$165000 - $218000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

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