Senior/Staff Configuration Applications Engineer

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Penang, Daerah Timor Laut, Penang, MYS
In-Office
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Internet of Things • Machine Learning
The Role
Leads FPGA configuration application enablement, product development, hardening, and customer support. Acts as a technical advisor, debugs configuration issues, drives corrective actions, develops and validates FPGA design examples, and creates technical documentation and training materials. The role also supports board bring-up, hardware debugging, FPGA programming solutions, and product improvements for future FPGA technologies.
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Job Description:

Do you enjoy designing with FPGAs? Would you like to be part of passionate and highly talented team of applications engineers working on the next generation technologies that will transform the industry? Altera is leading the way to accelerate innovation with its Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) portfolio, offering a wide variety of power/performance options.  As an Configuration Applications Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities:

  • Leading application pre-enabling, product development, and/or product hardening to launch future products and provide customer support.

  • Engage as a technical expert or trusted technical advisor to drive Altera value and differentiation in configuration enablement

  • Deliver collateral and training for Altera’s FPGA configuration and programming solutions. Drive product improvements that minimize the need for explicit enabling and maximize scale adoption.

  • Debug configuration-related issues, determine root cause, and drive corrective action within the organization

  • Develop & validate design examples on development kits to showcase Altera FPGA configuration features

  • Develop technical documentation such as device handbook, user guides, tutorials & application notes for key features/applications of FPGA configuration methods

Qualifications:

You must possess the below minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Relevant experience can be obtained through schoolwork, classes, project work, internships, and/or military experience. Additional preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Education:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM fields (documentation related to Bachelor's degree completion will be required).

Minimum Qualifications:

Must have 3+ years of experience in:

  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English.

  • Board bring up and systematic debugging skills.

  • Analytical with strong problem-solving skills and ability to drive issues to closure

  • Experience in one or more of the following areas: FPGA and CPLD technologies, digital logic design, industrial I/O standards, flash interfaces, RTL, Verilog/VHDL programming, C and Python programming or hardware/board debug.

  • Highly motivated to learn and adapt to fast-changing technologies and environments.

  • Ability to work independently and handle multiple issues and deliverables simultaneously

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Embedded boot (Uboot, Linux)

  • Board logic design including device interconnection, flash interfaces

  • Experience in device security (including encryption and authentication).

Job Type: Regular

Shift:Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location:Penang 15, Penang, Malaysia

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.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM field
  • At least 3 years of relevant experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
  • Board bring-up and systematic debugging experience
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and issue-resolution skills
  • Experience with FPGA or CPLD technologies, digital logic design, industrial I/O standards, flash interfaces, RTL, Verilog or VHDL, C, Python, or hardware and board debugging
  • Ability to learn and adapt to changing technologies and environments
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple issues and deliverables
  • Embedded boot experience with U-Boot or Linux
  • Board logic design and device interconnection experience, including flash interfaces
  • Device security experience, including encryption and authentication

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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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The Company
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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