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Reliable Robotics Corporation

Sr. FPGA Design Engineer

Mountain View, CA
Salary
$215K - $300K
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · Mountain View

Not stated in the posting: visa.

Open. First seen 22 October 2026.

About the role

Reliable Robotics Corporation's standard text

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.

Reliable Robotics Corporation's standard text

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.

Reliable Robotics Corporation's standard text

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 work@reliable.co

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

VHDL · Verilog

Rare in Reliable Robotics Corporation's other 56 open postings.

Standard for embedded / hardware roles

Embedded Systems

Common in embedded / hardware postings at any company.

67% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Reliable Robotics Corporation's standard text, folded away below.

Compared with Reliable Robotics Corporation's other open jobs.

The team: SW | FPGA HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 7 open in SW | FPGA. 4 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Embedded Systems (7 of 7), FPGA (7 of 7), VHDL (3 of 7), Verilog (2 of 7)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Reliable Robotics Corporation's own job board.

Posting history

Reposted once since 2 October 2026: a posting for this role in Mountain View, CA was taken down and the role was posted again.

  • 22 October 2026 – open (this posting)
  • 2 October 2026 – closed 10 October 2026

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