Become a member of our world-class software research and development team! Altera® develops programmable logic technologies to accelerate innovation for many customers worldwide.
You will be designing and developing leading-edge software innovations for Quartus, the tool that optimizes our FPGA devices, within a research-oriented team. The Quartus Placement optimization engines are key to unlocking high performance, area and power efficiency for our customer's design applications.
As part of the Quartus Placement team, your role will include:
Actively researching & developing novel optimization algorithms for our FPGA CAD software tools, including timing-driven analytic placement, detailed placement, partitioning and floorplanning
Developing and optimizing the software to drive performance improvements by leveraging innovative FPGA hardware features
Ideal candidates exhibit the following behavioral traits:
Intellectual curiosity and a passion for exploring new technology
Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and attention to detail
Great communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills
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.
$178.9k - $259.0k USD
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Qualifications:Minimum Requirements:
Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
MS + 10 years of industry software experience, or PhD + 5 years of industry software experience
Desired/Preferred Skills:
Significant experience coding & hands-on development of high performance multi-core software systems
Extensive experience developing EDA placement optimization algorithms
Proven leadership skills for collaborative cross functional projects
Experience with Altera® Quartus or AMD Vivado software
Experience with combinatorial/continuous optimization, including but not limited to Boolean SAT, stochastic search-based methods, numerical methods for continuous optimization, dynamic programming, and applications to FPGA placement
Experience with NOC optimization for FPGA placement
Experience with applying machine learning techniques to EDA software
Skills Required
- MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field with 10 years of industry software experience or PhD with 5 years
- Significant experience coding & hands-on development of high performance multi-core software systems
- Extensive experience developing EDA placement optimization algorithms
- Proven leadership skills for collaborative cross functional projects
- Experience with Altera Quartus or AMD Vivado software
- Experience with combinatorial/continuous optimization techniques
- Experience with NOC optimization for FPGA placement
- Experience applying machine learning techniques to EDA software
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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.
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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.
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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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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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