FPGA Silicon Design Engineer

Job Details: Job Description: 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 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. Key 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. Salary Range The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. 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. $149,100 - $215,925 USD We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications 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. Preferred Qualifications 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 Job Type: Regular Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America) Primary Location: San Jose, California, United States Additional Locations: 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. About Altera Altera: Accelerating Innovators Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy-to-use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Our end-to-end broad portfolio of products including FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, System on Modules, SmartNICs and IPUs provide the flexibility to accelerate innovation. Altera is helping to shape the future through pioneering innovation that unlocks extraordinary possibilities for everyone on the planet. Don't see the dream job you are looking for? Click "Get Started" below to drop off your contact information and resume and we will reach out to you if we find the perfect fit.

Salary : $149,100 - $215,925