FPGA Engineer salary: $184K median
The median advertised FPGA Engineer salary is $184K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $165K to $222K: counted from 57 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $88 an hour or $15,292 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $258K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll FPGA engineer jobs
$184Kmedian advertised salary
$165K – $222Kmiddle half of roles
$190Kaverage advertised salary
57roles counted
FPGA Engineer salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $193K | 34 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $184K | 55 |
Skills that pay more for FPGA Engineer roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agile | $241K | +$58K | 10 |
| Sensor fusion | $193K | +$10K | 13 |
| Git | $193K | +$10K | 13 |
| Computer Vision | $193K | +$10K | 15 |
| CI/CD | $193K | +$10K | 11 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Reliable Robotics | $258K | 8 |
| Muon Space | $201K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $193K | 13 |
| True Anomaly | $185K | 3 |
| K2 Space | $172K | 5 |
| Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc. | $145K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $142K | 3 |
Highest-paying open FPGA Engineer roles
All FPGA engineer jobs- Principal Digital Hardware Engineer (FPGA/VHDL)Anduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$241K - $319KLead and aboveVerilogComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- Sr. FPGA Design Engineer, RadarReliable Robotics · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$215K - $300KSeniorAgileMATLABFirmware
- Sr. FPGA Verification Engineer, RadarReliable Robotics · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$215K - $300KSeniorAgileFirmwareFPGA
- Staff FPGA Engineer, EWAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$220K - $292KLead and aboveLinuxCI/CDVerilog
- Senior FPGA EngineerCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$160K - $290KSeniorPythonC++CI/CD
- FPGA Design Engineer (R5347)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$187K - $280KCI/CDVerilogGit
- Director of Embedded Software & FPGA EngineeringLoftorbital · 🇺🇸Golden, CO$195K - $275KLead and aboveRustC++Linux
- Staff Electrical Engineer - Sensor FPGAApptronik · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$244K - $270KLead and aboveVerilogTest planningHardware testing
- Principal Electrical Engineer, FPGA DevelopmentTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$175K - $265KLead and abovePythonC++Verilog
- FPGA Engineering ManagerVoyager Technologies, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA$200K - $265K
- Senior FPGA EngineerAstranis · 🇺🇸San Francisco$170K - $260KSeniorC++VerilogC
- Principal FPGA EngineerBrinc · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$110K - $250KLead and aboveVerilogComputer Vision
- Senior FPGA Engineer, Networking & SecurityMuon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$213K - $237KSeniorVerilogSecurity clearanceNetwork engineering
- Senior FPGA & Firmware Engineer - SDRAxon · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States$141K - $226KSeniorMATLABVerilog
- Senior FPGA EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$120K - $225KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Senior FPGA EngineerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$120K - $225KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Senior FPGA RF Signal Processing EngineerMuon Space · Remote$158K - $223KRemoteSeniorRustPythonC++
- Senior Electrical Engineer, FPGA DevelopmentTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$150K - $220KSeniorPythonC++Verilog
- Staff Electrical Engineer – FPGASirenOpt · 🇺🇸San Leandro, California, United States$180K - $220KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningMATLAB
- Senior FPGA Engineer IIRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$143K - $215KSeniorJiraGitControl systems
Questions about FPGA Engineer pay
- What is the average FPGA Engineer salary?
- $190K a year on average and $184K at the median, across 57 open FPGA Engineer postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $165K to $222K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest FPGA Engineer pay?
- Reliable Robotics ($258K), Muon Space ($201K), Anduril Industries ($193K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a fpga engineer a high-paying job?
- The median FPGA Engineer posting advertises $184K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 5% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a fpga engineer?
- A tenth of the postings offer $258K a year or more; the highest open FPGA Engineer role advertises up to $319K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the FPGA Engineer salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $184K a year is about $88 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $79 to $107 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for FPGA Engineer roles?
- Postings that ask for Agile (+$58K, 10 postings), Sensor fusion (+$10K, 13 postings), Git (+$10K, 13 postings) advertise more than the $184K median of all FPGA Engineer postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for FPGA Engineer roles at companies is $184K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $165K to $222K. Counted from 57 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/fpga-engineer/
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