# Principal FPGA Engineer

Principal FPGA Engineer - Onsite position Curtiss-Wright is seeking an experienced Principal FPGA Engineer to join our engineering team in Ashburn, VA. In this senior, hands-on role, you will lead the design and development of FPGA-based solutions for DoD and other stakeholder secure products. The products include VITA standards based VPX modules and custom form-factor boards for DoD sub-systems and systems. You will also mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across projects. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams and customers, contributing to concept development, FPGA architecture, HDL coding, simulation, prototyping, and product release. This role requires strong technical expertise, leadership, and the ability to drive complex projects to completion. Location: Ashburn, VA / Boston, MA / Nashua, NH We Take Care of Our People Paid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness BenefitsILearning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture * Salary Information: $144,100.00 - 192,100.00 plus bonus Please note that t

- **Id**: 100024
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/curtiss-wright-principal-fpga-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ashburn, United States, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-16T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-06-16
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T13:15:34Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 149
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6269
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Nuclear Energy, Aerospace Manufacturing, Naval Systems, Defense Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 12181
- **Name**: Curtiss-Wright
- **Domain**: curtisswright.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/curtiss-wright>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 43
- **Ghost share**: 0.023
- **Stale share**: 0.767
- **Repost share**: 0.023
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 47
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 119000
- **Max usd**: 220000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 656

## Technologies

- **OpenVPX** — Optional: no
- **Libero SoC** — Optional: yes
- **SystemVerilog** — Optional: yes
- **Verilog** — Optional: yes
- **VHDL** — Optional: yes
- **Xilinx Vivado** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 148

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-06-16T00:00:00Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Filed H-1B visas in the last two years; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 12
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.428
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 148
- **Expected fill days**: 47
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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