Staff Application Engineer

Altera; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India seeks a Staff Application Engineer to drive FPGA usage in 5G, focusing on DSP, virtualization, performance, and security. You will collaborate with R&D and customers to enable next-gen designs on Agilex devices.

The role requires deep RTL/FPGA knowledge, 5G architecture expertise, and strong C/C++, Python, and MATLAB skills, with global cross-team collaboration for training and collateral development.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Electronics, Electrical or Software Engineering with 10+ years in 5G DSP architecture.
• RTL-based design flows knowledge and expectations.
• End-to-end FPGA/ASIC design process understanding with 5G and DSP.
• Strong problem solving and technical communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Handle key customer escalations from analysis to closure.
• Collaborate with field teams and distributors to improve designs and customer experience.
• Participate in development projects and create collateral and reference designs.
• Develop and deliver training on new features and methodologies.
• Communicate effectively across regional and international teams.

Skills

FPGA design

DSP skills

C/C++

Python

MATLAB

5G architecture

RTL-based design

Team collaboration

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electronics/Electrical or Software Engineering

Job description

Job Details

The Staff Application Engineer position is in Worldwide Regional Applications group, located in Bangalore, India for an experienced application engineer to focus on FPGA usage in 5G with expertise in 5G architecture, including core, RAN, and edge solutions, with a focus on virtualization, performance optimization, and security.

The candidate also needs to have DSP skills with proficiency in designing, implementing, and debugging DSP algorithm for FPGA applications, with strong programming skills in C/C++, Python, and MATLAB.

As a member of a highly seasoned Applications Engineering team, the successful candidate will work closely with several R&D teams, internal application design teams and key customers to enable the next generation of designs across the Agilex device families.

Daily activities will include the following duties:

• Handle key customer escalations from analysis to closure.
• Work closely with field team and distributors to help their customers to improve their designs, products and customer experience.
• Participation in development projects possibly as part of an international cross organizational team and may include the generation of collateral and reference designs.
• Develop and deliver training materials on new features and methodologies.
• Development of strong local regional and international intra and inter organizational communication and cooperation in a team based collaborative environment.
• Stay current with and propose the internal use of industry approaches, algorithms, and practices.

Qualifications:

• BS/MS/PhD in Electronics, Electrical or Software Engineering with minimum 10 years of relevant experience in Architecture, Design, or implementation experience in 5G, DSP.
• Experience in Industrial Standard contribution (e.g. Driving new standard with IEEE) will be added advantages.
• Customer Awareness: Has excellent working knowledge of RTL-based design flows and expectations.
• Product Knowledge: Has good working knowledge of the entire FPGA or ASIC design process and tool flow, with intermediate-to-advanced understanding in 5G and DSP.
• Design Enablement: Has good understanding of design methodologies for transceiver architecture.
• Problem Solving: Ability to handle and solve complex system level issues.
• Technical Communication: Can simplify and communicate even the most complex subjects, making options, trade-offs, and impact clear. Can report out to management in a concise and actionable manner.
• Teamwork: Able to work with several teams across sites and domains with a positive attitude under variable workloads.

Job Type

Regular Shift: Shift 1 (India) Primary Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 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.

About Altera

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.