shieldai

Staff Engineer, FPGA Design (R5347)

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At a Glance

Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
Work Regime
onsite
Employment
Full Time Employee
Compensation
USD 150000-230000 per-year-salary
Department
X-BAT Division
Posted
2026-07-28T00:47:36.893000+00:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

CI/CDGit

Domain Knowledge

  • Aerospace
  • Engineering

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

d above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment

Requirements

Strong experience with FPGA design, implementation, and verification using VHDL or SystemVerilog.

Demonstrated ability to build reliable, high-performance digital communication systems.

Solid understanding of timing closure, clock domain crossing, and system-level integration.

Knowledge of FPGA timing analysis and timing closure techniques.

Familiarity with version control tools such as Git.

Experience with Xilinx FPGA ecosystem (Vivado, toolchains, etc).

Responsibilities

Design and develop FPGA-based communication modules for advanced UAV platforms.

Develop solutions that enable precise timing synchronization and redundance across flight controllers.

Integrate FPGA solutions with system-level architecture in collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams.

Perform synthesis, implementation, timing closure, bitstream generation.

Debug, test, and optimize for reliability, latency, and throughput.

Collaborate with PCB designers during board bring-up and hardware validation.

About the Company

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit

www.shield.ai

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