FPGA Silicon Design Engineer

Altera • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

Join Altera as an FPGA Silicon Design Engineer focused on RTL design. In this role, you will be responsible for developing high-quality logic designs and RTL implementations for next-generation FPGA products. You will collaborate cross-functionally with architecture, verification, and physical design teams to deliver robust, high-performance silicon solutions. This position plays a critical role in enabling scalable, power-efficient FPGA architectures used across a wide range of applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Math, or related field and 8+ years of industry experience in FPGA or ASIC design.
• 8+ years of experience in RTL design and coding using SystemVerilog and/or Verilog for complex digital systems.
• 8+ years of experience with programming/scripting languages such as Python for design automation, modeling, or verification support.
• 8+ years of experience in hardware design concepts including logic design, finite state machines, control units, processor subsystems, and network-on-chip (NoC) architectures.
• 8+ years of experience using industry-standard front-end design tools and flows, including synthesis, static timing analysis (STA), linting (e.g., SpyGlass), and power domain methodologies.
• 8+ years of experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (verification, physical design) to achieve power, performance, and area (PPA) targets.
• Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Network-on-Chip (NoC) architectures and control processors.
• Experience contributing to silicon bring-up or post-silicon validation.
• Experience or knowledge in FPGA configuration controllers

Responsibilities

• Develop logic design, register transfer level (RTL) coding, and simulation for FPGA components including cell libraries, functional units, IP blocks, and subsystems.
• Participate in defining architecture and microarchitecture features of assigned design blocks.
• Create prototypes, simulate models, and define system requirements for new designs.
• Prepare and design logic diagrams and RTL code to implement system design and test specifications.
• Deliver software models to support device-level bring-up, including functionality, timing, and power characteristics.
• Apply RTL implementation techniques to meet power, performance, and area (PPA) goals in partnership with physical design teams.
• Review verification plans and ensure proper implementation to validate design features.
• Debug failing RTL tests, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to ensure design correctness.

What This Job Offers

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