Designer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Strong experience with FPGA design flows and development tools
• Proficiency in C/C++ (required)
• Python experience strongly preferred
• Solid understanding of digital logic design, timing, and hardware architecture
• Experience with HDL languages (Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL)
• Familiarity with synthesis, timing analysis, and place-and-route concepts
• Experience working in large, complex software codebases
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing or maintaining FPGA or EDA tools
• Knowledge of Quartus, Platform Designer, or comparable FPGA tools
• Experience with EDA algorithms (graph algorithms, optimization, constraint solving)
• Familiarity with ASIC or FPGA timing closure methodologies
• Experience with multi-threaded and high-performance software
• Knowledge of scripting (Tcl, Python) used in hardware design automation
• Experience working directly with customers or field applications teams

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain FPGA development tools including synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, debugging, and simulation workflows
• Enhance and support Altera’s FPGA software toolchain (e.g., Quartus, platform designer, and associated utilities)
• Design algorithms and data structures for performance, scalability, and correctness across large FPGA devices
• Work with hardware architects to align tool capabilities with new FPGA features and architectures
• Develop C/C++ and/or Python-based infrastructure and automation supporting FPGA design flows
• Debug complex issues across software and hardware boundaries
• Optimize compilation runtime, quality-of-results (QoR), and memory usage
• Contribute to tool usability, documentation, and customer-facing improvements
• Support internal and external users, including escalation of critical tool issues
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives

Benefits

• Incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.