Senior Manager, Silicon Architecture and Design Engineering

Altera•San Jose, CA

1d•$231,500 - $330,000•Onsite

About The Position

Altera is seeking a Senior Manager, Silicon Architecture and Design Engineering to lead the development and execution of next-generation silicon solutions across our programmable device portfolio. This is a senior engineering leadership role responsible for building and leading high-performing silicon teams, driving complex SoC and ASIC development programs, and partnering across architecture, design, verification, implementation, validation, product engineering, and manufacturing to deliver high-quality silicon to market. The ideal candidate will bring deep experience leading large-scale silicon organizations and complex cross-functional programs spanning architecture, RTL design, verification, emulation, DFT, physical design, post-silicon validation, and production readiness. This leader will play a key role in shaping silicon strategy, scaling engineering capability, and driving execution excellence for advanced FPGA, SoC, and platform technologies supporting AI, cloud, networking, and edge applications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field and 15+ years of experience in silicon engineering, semiconductor product development, ASIC development, SoC development, or FPGA engineering.
10+ years of experience in networking and Ethernet technologies, including architecture, silicon development, or product development for networking, switching, interconnect, or data center infrastructure applications.
10+ years of experience leading and/or working across multiple phases of the silicon development lifecycle, including architecture, microarchitecture, RTL design, verification, DFT, software/firmware, emulation, physical design, post-silicon validation, and production.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Experience leading silicon development at advanced process nodes and delivering high-complexity SoCs or ASICs into production.
Background in one or more of the following areas: networking silicon, data center infrastructure, AI/ML hardware acceleration, storage systems, security silicon, high-speed interconnect, packet processing, or cloud-scale platform architecture.
Experience with FPGA architectures, programmable logic devices, or heterogeneous SoC platforms.
Knowledge of silicon security technologies such as secure boot, hardware root of trust, device lifecycle management, trust anchors, or hardware-based cryptographic acceleration.
Track record of building new teams, driving organizational transformation, and improving silicon execution through methodology, automation, and process innovation.
Experience working with external partners including foundries, IP vendors, EDA vendors, OSATs, or contract manufacturers in support of silicon delivery

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a high-performing silicon engineering organization responsible for the development and delivery of complex FPGA, ASIC, and SoC products across Altera’s programmable solutions portfolio.
Provide organizational and technical leadership for end-to-end silicon development, spanning product definition, architecture, microarchitecture, RTL design, verification, DFT, emulation, implementation, bring-up, validation, and production ramp.
Build, mentor, and scale teams of silicon engineers across multiple functional domains, including design, front-end engineering, SoC integration, and cross-functional program execution, while establishing a strong culture of accountability, innovation, and technical excellence.
Drive execution of large, complex silicon programs with responsibility for planning, prioritization, resource alignment, milestone tracking, risk management, and delivery against aggressive performance, quality, cost, and schedule targets.
Partner closely with architecture, software, systems, product planning, physical design, product engineering, manufacturing, and business leadership to translate product requirements into executable silicon roadmaps and development plans.
Lead cross-functional decision-making on architectural tradeoffs, silicon integration strategy, IP reuse, design methodology, and execution risk across performance, power, area, cost, manufacturability, and schedule.
Oversee the development of high-performance silicon subsystems and SoC architectures supporting programmable logic, compute acceleration, system interconnect, networking, memory, security, and infrastructure-class applications.
Drive engineering process improvements, scalable design methodologies, KPI-based execution frameworks, and automation strategies to improve quality, predictability, and development velocity across the silicon organization.
Collaborate with post-silicon validation, manufacturing, diagnostics, and product engineering teams to ensure robust bring-up, debug readiness, test coverage, yield optimization, and successful product ramp into production.
Represent silicon engineering in executive reviews, roadmap planning, and cross-functional leadership forums by clearly communicating program status, key technical decisions, risks, mitigation strategies, and resource needs.
Partner with external ecosystem stakeholders including foundry partners, IP vendors, EDA vendors, and manufacturing suppliers to support successful execution of silicon programs and long-term roadmap planning.
Contribute to long-range engineering strategy by identifying organizational needs, technical investment areas, process improvements, and future capabilities required to scale Altera’s silicon roadmap.