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Embedded Applications Engineer

Altera
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/27/2026
Job Details

Job Description:

Do you enjoy designing with FPGAs? Would you like to be part of passionate and highly talented team of applications engineers working on the next-generation technologies that will transform the industry?

Altera is leading the way to transform the embedded market with a broad portfolio of FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Array), offering a wide variety of power/performance options!

As an Embedded Applications Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities:

  • Leading application pre-enabling, product development, and/or product hardening to launch future products and provide customer support.
  • Partner with Altera customers, ecosystem software vendors, and/or the opensource community to develop, integrate, test, tune, debug, optimize and differentiate software
  • Engage as a technical expert or trusted technical advisor to drive Altera value and differentiation in or across markets such as Wireline/Wireless, Industrial, Medical, Test and Measurement, Military, and Data Center.
  • Utilize deep domain and market segment expertise to research, develop, and prototype software that leverages and drives adoption of Altera product capabilities.
  • Evangelize software tools and technologies to the ecosystem to enable and support Altera products.
  • Deliver collateral and training, including competitive/differentiated benchmarks, as well as identify and drive key workloads into product requirements and landing zones for future product design, simulation, projection methods, and tools. Drives product improvements that minimize the need for explicit enabling and maximize scale adoption.

Salary Range

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor within the US market. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

$115.1K - $166.7K USD

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Relevant experience can be obtained through schoolwork, classes, project work, internships, and/or military experience. Additional preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM fields

Minimum Qualifications

Must have 5 years of experience in:

  • Embedded software engineering or system design.
  • Applications-class embedded processors and embedded design.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with operating systems such as Windows and Linux, real-time operating systems, such as FreeRTOS, Bare Metal, Boot software (ATF and UBoot), and FPGA devices and design software.
  • Hardware/board debug.

Job Type

Regular

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

Austin, Texas, United States

Additional Locations:

San Jose, California, United States

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Salary : $115,100 - $166,700

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