FPGA Configuration & Enablement Engineer

754 Altera Semiconductor Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd.; George Town; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera seeks a Configuration Applications Engineer in Penang, Malaysia, to join a team of applications engineers working on next‑generation FPGA technologies. You will lead pre‑enabling, product development, and product hardening to launch future products and provide customer support.

The role requires 3+ years in FPGA/CPLD, RTL, Verilog/VHDL, C and Python, plus strong English communication, debugging, and the ability to work independently on multiple issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM fields.
• 3+ years experience in FPGA/CPLD, RTL and hardware/board debugging.
• Excellent English communication; strong analytical and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-enabling, product development, and/or product hardening to launch future products.
• Engage as a technical expert to drive value in configuration enablement.
• Deliver collateral and training for FPGA configuration and programming solutions.
• Drive product improvements that maximize scale adoption.
• Debug configuration-related issues, determine root cause, and implement corrective actions.
• Develop & validate design examples on development kits for FPGA configuration features.
• Create technical documentation such as device handbooks, user guides, tutorials & application notes.

Skills

FPGA/CPLD experience

Verilog/VHDL

RTL design

C programming

Python programming

Digital logic design

Debugging

English communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Computer or Electrical Engineering or related STEM field

Tools

U-Boot

Linux

Job description

Altera seeks a Configuration Applications Engineer in Penang, Malaysia, to join a team of applications engineers working on next‑generation FPGA technologies. You will lead pre‑enabling, product development, and product hardening to launch future products and provide customer support.

The role requires 3+ years in FPGA/CPLD, RTL, Verilog/VHDL, C and Python, plus strong English communication, debugging, and the ability to work independently on multiple issues.