What are the responsibilities and job description for the GenAI / Machine Learning Intern – Design Automation (AI Agents) position at Altera?
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
Altera is seeking a passionate and driven GenAI / Machine Learning Intern - Design Automation (AI Agents) to join our Design Automation team. You must be actively enrolled in school and pursuing a Bachelor's degree in the required fields to be eligible for this internship. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of data engineering, machine learning, process automation, and agentic AI. You will help build end‑to‑end GenAI systems that leverage both structured and unstructured engineering data to streamline workflows and enhance productivity across engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
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.
$80,000 - $90,000 USD (hourly equivalent)
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
Student / Intern (Fixed Term)
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.
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
Altera is seeking a passionate and driven GenAI / Machine Learning Intern - Design Automation (AI Agents) to join our Design Automation team. You must be actively enrolled in school and pursuing a Bachelor's degree in the required fields to be eligible for this internship. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of data engineering, machine learning, process automation, and agentic AI. You will help build end‑to‑end GenAI systems that leverage both structured and unstructured engineering data to streamline workflows and enhance productivity across engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement GenAI/ML pipelines to support physical design workflows.
- Develop ETL processes to extract, transform, validate, and join data from diverse sources (structured unstructured).
- Create AI agents that can reason over engineering context and take actions across tools/workflows (e.g., triage logs, summarize run results, propose fixes, generate reports, automate repetitive flows).
- Implement agent tool-use patterns (retrieval, function calling, workflow orchestration) with guardrails and observability.
- Automate repetitive engineering tasks by observing workflows and identifying optimization opportunities.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (design, verification, software) to understand data needs and integration points.
- Build and test prototypes/tools that demonstrate measurable value (cycle-time reduction, fewer manual steps, improved signal-to-noise).
- Document processes, evaluation methods, and best practices; contribute to knowledge sharing across teams.
- Engineering excellence and continuous improvement mindset.
- Passion for automation and applying AI to real-world engineering problems.
- Initiative to observe, learn, and propose impactful solutions.
- Ability to execute in a lean, collaborative environment.
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.
$80,000 - $90,000 USD (hourly equivalent)
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
- Must be currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
- 3 months of experience or coursework with data engineering concepts, including ETL, data wrangling, and data integration; familiarity working with SQL, CSV, logs, text, and XML data formats.
- 3 months of experience or coursework in Python programming and working with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
- 3 months of experience or exposure to AI agent frameworks and tools (e.g., LangChain/LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, Hugging Face agents, OpenAI function calling patterns) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) concepts, including vector search, embeddings, chunking, and evaluation.
- 3 months of experience applying agent reliability concepts, including prompt and tool design, grounding, guardrails, evaluation, and monitoring.
- 3 months of experience demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an engineering mindset.
- 3 months of experience collaborating in team environments, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
Student / Intern (Fixed Term)
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.
Salary : $80,000 - $90,000