FPGA Design Applications Engineer

Altera Semiconductor•San Jose, CA

About The Position

Altera is seeking an FPGA Design Applications Engineer to join its Software Validation and Customer Experience Group, specializing in Quartus software tools and example design solutions. The role uses FPGA design knowledge, FPGA software, and AI tools to improve the customer experience and reduce design cycle time. The successful candidate has hands-on experience designing, simulating, and debugging FPGA designs. The engineer creates example designs and technical resources that demonstrate Altera products and help customers use its software tools. The role also involves responding to customer technical questions, reproducing and debugging issues, and coordinating resolution with engineering teams and customers. The engineer reviews specifications and requirements, evaluates products, provides usability feedback, develops example designs and unit tests, and checks feature releases for readiness. The position also contributes to customer-journey design by identifying assets, use cases, user personas, and touchpoints, and creates AI skills and agents to help reduce customer design time. The listed salary range applies to the Bay Area, California; actual salary may vary based on job location and other factors. Incentive opportunities are also offered based on individual and company performance. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations. Altera uses artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants.

Requirements

Master of Science degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, or a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering with at least five years of related applications engineering or system design experience.
Experience with FPGA design software tools and common third-party simulators.
Experience debugging and using signal analysis tools.
Experience creating FPGA designs, including minimal software (BareMetal).
Experience working with FPGA development boards or similar.

Nice To Haves

Experience with power and thermal analysis.
Familiarity with GitHub workflows and Visual Studio Code.
Experience using AI tools and creating skills.
Experience creating FPGA designs that include PCIe or SoC, including basic software.

Responsibilities

Create example designs that showcase Altera products and teach customers how to use its software tools.
Respond to customer technical questions, debug and reproduce customer issues, and drive issue resolution with engineering and customers.
Review specifications and requirements, perform product evaluations, and provide feedback on ease of use.
Define and develop example designs and unit tests, and perform checkout to ensure feature releases are ready.
Review product requirements and design the customer journey by identifying assets, use cases, user personas, and touchpoints such as websites, Git repositories, and forums.
Develop user guides, application notes, example designs, demos, and training to help users design with Altera products.
Create AI skills and agents to reduce customer design time.