Engineering/IT Specialist

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San Jose, CA, USA
In-Office
Artificial Intelligence • Internet of Things • Machine Learning
The Role
Job Details:

Job Description:

Join Altera as an Engineering/IT Specialist! The Engineering/IT specialist is a dedicated specialist who translates complex engineering needs into actionable IT work, accelerates delivery, and resolves cross-domain issues. Objectives: 

  • Act as a primary interface between IT, Engineering and manufacturing - elicting, translating and negotiating business requirements into clear, actionable and scalable IT infrastructure roadmaps and designs

  • Convert requests into clear specs, user stories, and RFCs (functional & non-functional).

  • Define acceptance, Test criteria and success metrics per request. 

Salary Range

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. 

$159.7k - $231.2k USD

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Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements:

  • The candidate must have a Bachelor's Degree and 9+ years of hands on experience and skills working with SW & HW engineering development environments including SCM tools, Perforce, GitHub, Jira, EDA tools, complex build and test environments, ci/cd pipelines, etc. 

  • In-Depth understanding of dependencies and interactions of the above with underlying IT services and tools - i.e. Network, Compute, Security, Data Center, Cloud, etc.

  • Draft high-level and component-level designs (network, compute, storage, security, data).

  • Validate capacity, resilience (RTO/RPO), and cost impacts with IT owners.

  • Help Produce diagrams and decision records.

  • Track dependencies, risks, and changes; chair working sessions.

  • Weekly status, KPI dashboards, and executive readouts.

  • Maintain a prioritized backlog and roadmap.

Job Type: Regular

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.

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  • Retirement Support Feedback suggests retirement programs are robust, with offerings such as a 401(k) and a pension. This breadth supports long-term financial security.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Feedback suggests time-off policies are generous, including PTO, paid sick days, and paid holidays. Wellness initiatives like gym memberships further support balance.
  • Parental & Family Support Feedback suggests parental leave is generous. Family-building support, including fertility benefits and adoption reimbursement, is highlighted as part of the package.

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HQ: San Jose, California
1,612 Employees
Year Founded: 1983

What We Do

Altera: Accelerating Innovators Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy-to-use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Our end-to-end broad portfolio of products including FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, System on Modules, SmartNICs and IPUs provide the flexibility to accelerate innovation. Altera is helping to shape the future through pioneering innovation that unlocks extraordinary possibilities for everyone on the planet.

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