{"id":786965,"url":"https://alion.io/job/altera-field-sales-technologist","title":"Field Sales Technologist","company":{"id":5328,"name":"Altera","domain":"altera.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/altera","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":89,"open_postings":15,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.2,"repost_share":0.067,"time_to_fill_p50_days":71,"computed_at":"2026-10-10T05:45:15Z"}},"role":"Sales","role_family":"Sales","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Austin, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":209200,"max":308200,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":308200},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Perl","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-09T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-09","last_verified_at":"2026-10-10T22:35:24Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":32,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":32},"description":"Job Details:\nJob Description:\nAs a Field Support Technologist at Altera, you will provide critical on-site technical support to our customers, ensuring optimal performance and resolution of complex issues related to our semiconductor products and solutions.\nResponsibilities:\nThis role is for North American and potentially expanded to world wide.\n\nFocus on customer applications work, such as design conversions, simulations, system architecture proposals, RTL designs, Benchmarking, POC creations\n\nDeep dive into various silicon interfaces, such as DSP, Memory controllers, PCIe/DMA, Serdes, and Networking\n\nFocus on various vertical segments, such as AI, Data center, Communications, Video, and others. The candidate needs to be familiar with 1 or 2 vertical segment\n\nDrive for design win by assisting sales on critical opportunities.\n\nDiagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware and software issues on Altera products at customer sites.\n\nProvide technical guidance and training to customers on product usage, maintenance, and best practices.\n\nCollaborate with internal engineering, sales, and support teams to escalate and resolve complex technical problems.\n\nThe 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.\n$209.2K- $308.2K USD\nWe use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position.Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.\nQualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.\n\n5+ years of experience in a field support, applications engineering, or customer-facing technical role within the semiconductor industry.\n\nStrong understanding of FPGA architecture, design flows, and development tools (e.g., Quartus Prime).\n\nStrong design, RTL, and software background and experiences\n\nProficiency in debugging complex hardware and software systems.\n\nExcellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.\n\nExceptional communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.\n\nAbility to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.\n\nWillingness to travel extensively to customer sites.\n\nExperience with various operating systems (Windows, Linux) and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl) is a plus.\n\nJob Type:\nRegularShift:\nShift 1 (United States of America)Primary Location:\nAustin, Texas, United States (Remote)Additional Locations:\nPosting Statement:\nAll 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.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3107,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Processors, MCUs & AI Chips"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-12T02:13:34Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 71","filings_12m":71,"filings_prev_12m":39,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":157500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-03T21:08:04+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":68,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.751,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":31,"expected_fill_days":71,"reasons":["conf:5","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-10T05:45:15Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":308200,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/altera-field-sales-technologist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/altera-field-sales-technologist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-11T00:37:50Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":638,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4362,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":5328},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=5328"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Faltera-field-sales-technologist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Faltera-field-sales-technologist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Faltera-field-sales-technologist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/altera-field-sales-technologist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Faltera-field-sales-technologist"}]}