# Senior Lead Engineer - Design Verification

Job Details: Job Description: About the Role Altera is seeking a Senior Lead Engineer - Design Verification to provide hands-on technical leadership for the verification of next-generation FPGA, programmable SoC, and platform solutions. This senior individual-contributor role will shape verification architecture, methodology, and execution for complex digital subsystems and full-chip integrations. In this role, you will define scalable verification strategies, develop reusable verification environments, and drive coverage-driven closure from early architecture through silicon and product readiness. The successful candidate combines deep SystemVerilog/UVM expertise with strong technical judgment, a high bar for verification quality, and the ability to influence engineering execution across global, cross-functional teams. Responsibilities Lead verification architecture, planning, and execution for complex FPGA, programmable SoC, and infrastructure-class subsystems, including block, subsystem, and full-chip verification. Define comprehensive verification plans that translate architectural intent and product requirements into measurable functional, performance, resilience, and coverage

- **Id**: 3804286
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/altera-senior-lead-engineer-design-verification>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T12:56:27Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T10:23:08Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6751
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Processors, MCUs & AI Chips, EDA Software

## Company

- **Id**: 5328
- **Name**: Altera
- **Domain**: altera.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/altera>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 18
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.444
- **Repost share**: 0.111
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 53
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 231500
- **Max**: 330000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 330000

## Technologies

- **SystemVerilog** — Optional: no
- **UVM** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Formal Verification** — Optional: yes
- **Perl** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **SystemC** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T12:56:27Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 71; Filings 12m: 71

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 53
- **Reasons**: conf:6, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 330000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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