FPGA Security Architect

Altera Semiconductor•Austin, TX

13d

About The Position

About Altera At Altera™, our independence as the world’s largest pure‑play FPGA solutions provider gives us the focus, speed, and agility to innovate without compromise. With more than four decades of industry‑leading FPGA expertise, our singular mission is to deliver the programmable technologies that help customers differentiate, innovate, and scale across rapidly evolving markets like AI, cloud, networking, and edge. As an independent company, we move faster, invest deeper, and partner more closely—empowering our teams to drive breakthrough innovation and shape the future of the FPGA industry. About the Role The Altera FPGA Architecture team is looking for a Security Architect/Researcher. The Security Architect works in a dynamic and challenging environment which combines security assurance and the design of new security features. The Security Architect is an essential member of the architecture team who is exposed to every aspect of the FPGA architecture because of the fact that every feature must obtain security approval.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent experience with 8+ years of experience in Security architecture and/or security design or validation OR Master's degree in Computer Science, or Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent experience with 5+ years of experience in Security architecture and/or security design or validation.

Nice To Haves

Experience in threat modelling.
Familiarity with crypto algorithms and usages.
Experience in secure development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Development of the latest generation Altera FPGAs.
Define the hardware and firmware components to raise the bar for Intel products with better performance, lower power and cost and improved security.
Security analysis and threat assessment of the entire FPGA architecture. This includes reviewing all new features for potential security impact and resolving potential security issues with the feature owners.
Define new security features that combine hardware, firmware and software components. This may include the development of intellectual property.
Define and document the FPGA security architecture.
Own the architecture step of the Security Design Lifecycle process including presenting the FPGA security architecture to the Altera Security team for approval.
Provide consultation to multiple design and validation teams regarding security issues and questions.
Participate in Hackathons to look for potential vulnerabilities in IPs or features.
Define security validation requirements and approve validation test plans.
Respond to customer requests for urgent features.
Take an active role in resolving security vulnerabilities that are discovered in existing products.