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/Team
The FPGA Circuit Design team is responsible for designing custom circuits for Routing in core fabric and designing High-Speed global and local clocks distributions for the chip using advanced design techniques. The team actively works and collaborates with Architecture, Technology and Test Groups to evaluate, innovate and design best in class solutions for the FPGA fabric.
Responsibilities
As a FPGA Circuit Design Engineer, you will:
Design and develop FPGA circuits and IPs including FPGA core fabric logic, interconnect routing, clocking, configuration, configurable memory blocks, and network on chip.
Micro-architect and perform circuit and logic design, schematic entry, simulation, reliability verification, and verifies functionality to optimize FPGA circuits for power, performance, area, timing, and yield goals.
Develop models and collaterals for FPGA circuits and IPs to integrate into FPGA hardware and software deliverables including circuit integration specifications, behavioral models, electrical rule checkers, design intent, and timing and power models.
Work with microarchitecture, SoC/full chip, IP fabrics and interconnects, RTL design, and verification teams to develop new capabilities around FPGA solutions, design improved programmable logic designs and deliver faster integration of FPGAs into larger systems.
Work with test and manufacturing team to implement the align the design with testability.
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.
$142,600 - $206,000 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 Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 10+ years of experience in circuit design
10+ years of experience designing digital CMOS circuits with a strong focus on optimizing Power, Performance, and Area (PPA)
10+ years of experience collaborating cross-functionally with architecture, manufacturing, and test teams to drive design execution and product delivery
10+ years of experience presenting, reviewing, and defending design decisions in technical design reviews and broader engineering forums
10+ years of experience working with advanced CMOS process technologies, including deep submicron design considerations
10+ years of experience analyzing and accounting for layout-dependent effects in circuit design
10+ years of experience with static timing analysis (STA) and tools such as Synopsys PrimeTime
10+ years of experience using scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Tcl/Tk for design automation and analysis
10+ years of experience using version control systems such as Git in a collaborative development environment
Preferred Qualifications
10+ years of experience writing RTL using Verilog for digital design implementation
Demonstrated track record of innovation in circuit or semiconductor design, including contributions to new methodologies, architectures, or technologies
Named inventor on patents and/or author of technical publications in relevant domains
Experience presenting technical work at industry conferences or recognized engineering forums
Top Skills
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.
