About Altera
At Altera™, our independence as the world’s largest pure‑play FPGA solutions provider gives us the focus, speed, and agility to innovate without compromise. With more than four decades of industry‑leading FPGA expertise, our singular mission is to deliver the programmable technologies that help customers differentiate, innovate, and scale across rapidly evolving markets like AI, cloud, networking, and edge. As an independent company, we move faster, invest deeper, and partner more closely—empowering our teams to drive breakthrough innovation and shape the future of the FPGA industry.
About the Role
As an Engineering Technical Project Manager focused on EDA project management at Altera, you will play a critical role in driving the execution of complex, cross-functional engineering programs that enable next-generation FPGA and semiconductor product development. You will partner closely with design, verification, CAD/EDA, and manufacturing teams to ensure the successful delivery of tools, flows, and infrastructure that power silicon innovation.
This role requires a strong blend of technical depth, program leadership, and business acumen. You will be responsible for aligning stakeholders, managing dependencies across multiple teams, and providing clear visibility into program health, risks, and milestones. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, excels at solving complex problems, and is passionate about enabling engineering teams to deliver high-quality products at scale.
Responsibilities
Apply deep knowledge of one or more engineering domains to influence clients and stakeholders in achieving strategic objectives for engineering programs and projects.
Contribute technical expertise to the development of new products, partnering with cross-functional teams across disciplines including electrical, hardware, software, manufacturing, and technology platforms.
Investigate technical roadblocks, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive solutions to ensure successful program execution.
Manage complex projects and programs tied to the development, implementation, or upgrade of manufacturing systems, hardware products, software programs, and technology platforms.
Lead program reviews with executives and department leaders, providing clear visibility into program health, risks, and financial status.
Drive teams to achieve program-level milestones while prioritizing deliverables to meet strategic business objectives.
Own requirements scoping, analysis, prioritization, and planning, including managing interdependencies, business priorities, resource constraints, and schedule optimization across multiple product teams.
Identify customer gaps, needs, and usage requirements to guide teams in delivering high-impact, high-ROI products.
Mentor and advise project and program management teams, helping to elevate overall program management capabilities and best practices.
Exercise thought leadership to innovate and improve processes, tools, and methodologies within the engineering and EDA domains.
Oversee programs requiring strong business acumen alongside technical depth in areas such as design, development, architecture, validation, manufacturing, and engineering processes.
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.
$113,700 - $162,000 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.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
7+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program management, or EDA project management within semiconductor or hardware-focused environments.
7+ years of experience managing complex, cross-functional engineering programs spanning hardware, software, and/or manufacturing domains.
7+ years of experience driving program planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder communication at scale.
5+ years of experience working with EDA tools, flows, or infrastructure in support of silicon design, verification, or manufacturing.
5+ years of experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading executive-level program reviews.
5+ years of experience with product development lifecycles, including design, validation, and production.
5+ years of experience managing multiple concurrent programs with competing priorities and tight timelines.
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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.
