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Sr. FPGA Design Engineer

Reliable Robotics

Company websitereliable.co (Reliable Robotics, opens in new tab)

Base salary $215K  to $300K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Mountain View, CA

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  • LocationMountain View, CA
  • WorkplaceOn-site
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
  • Last checked (58 min ago) · observed since

About this job

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Sr. FPGA Design Engineer at Reliable Robotics you will be a part of the flight software team which owns the firmware and software at the heart of the Reliable Robotics autonomy stack. We are a creative and diligent team that provides dependable computing, networking, signal processing, and motor control solutions to bring our aircraft to life. Your contributions will directly enable development of our flight computer and air to air RADAR, unlocking higher-level capabilities, and setting the stage for product certification & delivery to market.

Responsibilities

In your role as a FPGA Design Engineer, you will work in a highly collaborative and cross-functional development environment including mutual peer review to maintain high product quality. This work will include FPGA requirements, design, and simulation as well as code synthesis, hardware integration, and testing. You will contribute to multiple FPGA projects in support of the long-term Reliable Robotics technology roadmap.

Basic Success Criteria

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

  • 8+ years of end-to-end FPGA/ASIC design experience using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog

  • Professional experience designing FPGA digital logic using industry-standard design, simulation, and synthesis tools

Preferred Criteria

  • Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

  • Proven track record of product ownership including development and field support

  • Experience with safety-critical FPGA development (DO-254 level A/B or equivalent industry standard)

  • Experience architecting, implementing, and verifying fixed point DSP algorithms

  • Comfortable with a fast-paced, agile/iterative development life cycle

  • Pragmatic, results-oriented work style

FPGA designers at Reliable Robotics have a unique opportunity to work within a vertically integrated technology stack that extends up to the aircraft level, with a direct impact on the aircraft's capabilities and requirements. They execute a focused mission to establish the foundation of Reliable’s technology roadmap. We are a fast-paced team that gets results. With your experience, motivation, skills, and enthusiasm, you'll help the team accomplish amazing things.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]

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Pay in context

This role's base floor ($215,000) is above 91% of the 2,067 Engineering (non-software) roles in California listed on this site; 4 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $146,800; the middle half runs from $125,000 to $175,000.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live Reliable Robotics roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Reliable Robotics roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Sr. FPGA Design Engineer (this listing)$215K - $300K
Sr. Flight Software Engineer$215K - $300K
Sr. Flight Navigation Engineer$215K - $300K
Sr. FPGA Engineer, Certification$215K - $300K
Sr. Simulation Software Engineer$215K - $300K
Sr. FPGA Design Engineer, Radar$215K - $300K
Sr. Fullstack Software Engineer$215K - $300K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Reliable Robotics roles · How to read the bar

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Employer-stated posting date
2026-10-22
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Location as the employer wrote it: Mountain View, CA

USD 215,000 – 300,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary

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