Embedded Security Applications Engineer

Altera Semiconductor • Austin, TX

25d

About The Position

Do you enjoy designing with FPGAs? Would you like to be part of passionate and highly talented team of applications engineers working on the next generation technologies that will transform the industry? Altera is leading the way to transform the embedded market with a broad portfolio of FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Array), offering a wide variety of power/performance options! As an Embedded Applications Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities: Leading application pre-enabling, product development, and/or product hardening to launch future products and provide customer support. Enable customers to be ready for the Post-Quatum Cryptography (PQC) future by helping them to secure their devices from these future threats. Engage as a technical expert or trusted technical advisor to drive Altera value and differentiation in applications requiring system-level security Utilize deep domain and market segment expertise to research, develop, and prototype software that leverages and drives adoption of Altera product capabilities. Deliver collateral and training, including competitive/differentiated benchmarks, as well as identify and drive key workloads into product requirements and landing zones for future product design, simulation, projection methods, and tools. Drive product improvements that minimize the need for explicit enabling and maximize scale adoption.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM fields and must have 3+ years of experience in:
• Embedded software engineering or system design.
• Applications-class embedded processors and embedded design.

Nice To Haves

• Cryptographic techniques, including authentication and encryption
• Device-level security
• Side-channel attack mitigation
• Secure manufacturing protocols
• Applications-class embedded processors and embedded design
• FPGA devices, configuration methods and FPGA design software
• Debug and troubleshooting skills across processor and FPGA platforms
• SW including Boot software (ATF or Uboot), BIOS and drivers
• Operating Systems such as Windows, Linux
• Hardware/board debug.

Responsibilities

• Leading application pre-enabling, product development, and/or product hardening to launch future products and provide customer support.
• Enable customers to be ready for the Post-Quatum Cryptography (PQC) future by helping them to secure their devices from these future threats.
• Engage as a technical expert or trusted technical advisor to drive Altera value and differentiation in applications requiring system-level security
• Utilize deep domain and market segment expertise to research, develop, and prototype software that leverages and drives adoption of Altera product capabilities.
• Deliver collateral and training, including competitive/differentiated benchmarks, as well as identify and drive key workloads into product requirements and landing zones for future product design, simulation, projection methods, and tools.
• Drive product improvements that minimize the need for explicit enabling and maximize scale adoption.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level