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Altera is an American programmable logic company whose field programmable gate array business was founded in 1983, acquired by Intel in 2015 and separated again as a standalone company in 2025 when the private equity firm Silver Lake took a majority stake. It designs FPGAs and structured application specific integrated circuits used where a design must be reconfigurable after manufacture, which makes them common in communications infrastructure, industrial control, automotive, aerospace, defence and test equipment. Headquartered in San Jose, the company sells its Agilex and Cyclone device families alongside the Quartus design software engineers use to program them.

Job Details:

Job Description:

For decades, Altera has been at the forefront of programmable logic technology. Our commitment to innovation has empowered countless customers to create groundbreaking solutions that have transformed industries.

Join us in our journey to becoming the #1 FPGA company!

What You Will Do

As a Field Applications Engineer (FAE), your key responsibilities will be:

  • Driving FPGA Adoption: Identify, influence, and enable the adoption of Altera FPGA-based solutions at key customer accounts.

  • Collaboration & Teamwork: Work effectively within a cross-functional team, including Field Sales Engineers, other FAEs, Factory Applications Engineers, Product Marketing, and Business Development.

  • Relationship Building: Cultivate strong relationships with customer engineering teams to identify, develop, and expand new opportunities within assigned accounts.

  • Product Expertise: Possess deep knowledge of the FPGA product portfolio to drive sales in established product lines and seed growth in emerging markets.

  • Solution Positioning: Articulate the value proposition of Altera FPGAs, demonstrating how they provide optimal solutions for specific customer applications.

  • Technical Assistance: Assist customers with: architecture definition, solution evaluation, design and implementation of product requirements using FPGAs, IP, and development tools.

  • Technical Demonstrations & Support: d evelop and deliver compelling product demonstrations, participate in on-site customer visits to assist with product design and reviews, ensure customer requirements are met throughout the design process.

  • Customer Issue Resolution: Build strong relationships with customer teams to facilitate rapid resolution of technical issues and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.

  • Problem Solving & Analysis: Analyze data to diagnose problems, reproduce errors, and resolve or escalate customer issues effectively.

  • Feedback & Product Improvement: Provide timely feedback to manufacturing and product teams regarding product issues, future requirements, and market trends to ensure Altera remains responsive and proactive.

Compensation Range

The compensation below is reflective of a sales role that includes a salary + incentive. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor within the US market. Actual compensation may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc.

$134.8K - $195.1K 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:

We are seeking an experienced hardware engineer (e.g. 3+ years) with experience in one or more of the following:

  • Experience in FPGA, ASIC, and/or digital design

  • Experience with FPGA development tools (e.g., include Quartus, Vivado, etc.)

  • Experience with VHDL or Verilog or System Verilog or OpenCL or high-level synthesis tools (HLS)

  • BSEE or related electrical/electronic degree

Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd

  • Post Bachelor’s degree

  • Experience in technical sales, applications, technical marketing, technical product marketing

  • Experience additional industry experience (examples include embedded SoC design, ASIC, ASSP, CPU, microcontrollers, microprocessor architecture, ARM based processor solutions, board level design, DSP, signal integrity, etc.)

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

Maryland, United States (Remote)

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.
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