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$133k – $213k per year
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In office (San Jose)
Seniority
Senior · 5+ years exp
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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 16, 2026. Altera scores A on the Alion truth index.

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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:

Altera is leading the way to transform how we design FPGAs. In this position, you will be joining the Software Validation and Customer Experience Group as an FPGA design applications engineer specializing in Quartus Software tools and example design solutions. You will help revolutionize our customer experience by using your design knowledge and leveraging our FPGA software and AI tools to reduce cycle time.

A successful candidate is an FPGA designer who has hands-on experience with FPGA design software and knows how to design, simulate and debug FPGA designs.

Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

  • Creating example designs that showcase our product and teach customers how to use our software tools.
  • Responding to customer technical questions, debugging and reproducing customer issues, and driving issue resolution with the engineering organization and customers.
  • Reviewing specifications and requirements, performing product evaluations, and providing feedback on ease of use.
  • Defining and developing example designs and unit tests and performing checkout to ensure the readiness of feature releases.
  • Reviewing product requirements and designing a best-in-class customer journey by identifying assets, use cases, user personas and touchpoints (web, git repository, forums etc.).
  • Developing technical assets such as user guides, application notes, example designs, demos and training that will enable users to successfully design with our products.
  • Creating AI skills and agents to reduce customer design time.

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.

$133.2K - $212.7K 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

A successful candidate should possess a Masters of Science degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or Bachelor of Science degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering with a minimum five years of related applications engineering or system design experience.

Minimum qualifications include:

  • Experience with FPGA Design Software tools and common third-party simulators
  • Experience with debugging and using signal analysis tools
  • Experience with creating FPGA designs including minimal software (BareMetal)
  • Experience working with FPGA development boards or similar

Preferred qualifications include:

  • Experience with Power and Thermal Analysis
  • Familiarity with GitHub workflows and Visual Studio Code
  • Experience with using AI tools and creating skills
  • Experience creating FPGA designs that include PCIe or SoC, including basic software

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

San Jose, California, United States

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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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