FPGA Post Silicon Validation Engineer

Altera; George Town; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera is seeking a senior FPGA validation engineer to lead device- and IP-level validation of security features, including secure boot and root-of-trust, across FPGA and SoC platforms. You will work with architecture, design, firmware, and platform teams to ensure robust security, reliability, and system integrity.

You will develop validation strategies, create test vectors, and execute comprehensive bring-up and debugging of security configurations on evaluation boards and reference platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on silicon validation experience with focus on FPGA configuration, security, SoC, or embedded subsystems.
• Strong knowledge of hardware security concepts such as secure boot, authentication, encryption, key storage, lifecycle states, and threat modeling.
• Hands-on system-level validation and debug experience including power-on bring-up, failure analysis, and silicon issue triage.
• Familiarity with FPGA and SoC architectures is a strong advantage.
• Experience or familiarity with Python for automation, scripting, and test infrastructure; Verilog familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive validation strategies for FPGA security aligned with device architecture and security requirements.
• Perform security feature validation including secure boot, authentication, encryption, and key management.
• Create and execute test cases and vectors for configuration-robustness and security corner cases.
• Conduct device and system bring-up, debug configuration failures, and boot/security issues across silicon revisions.
• Work with evaluation boards and reference platforms to ensure interoperability and real-world coverage.
• Drive innovation in validation methodologies, automation, and infrastructure.

Skills

FPGA security knowledge

System-level validation

Security threat modeling

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Tools

Python

Verilog

Job description

Job Details: Job Description: Join our high-performance Silicon Validation team and play a critical role in enabling robust FPGA security for next-generation FPGA and SoC devices. You will lead device-level and IP-level validation of FPGA Security, secure boot and root-of-trust features to ensure industry-leading security, reliability, and system integrity. This role offers hands‑on exposure to secure FPGA architectures, and system-level debug, while collaborating closely with architecture, design, firmware, and platform teams to influence future secure FPGA products.

Key Responsibilities

Develop comprehensive validation strategies for FPGA, security, , aligned with device architecture, security requirements, and business objectives. Perform security feature validation, including secure boot, authentication, encryption, key management, root-of-trust, and protection against misconfiguration or unauthorized access. Create and execute test cases and vectors for configuration-robustness, security corner cases, fault injection, and negative testing scenarios. Perform device and system bring-up, debugging configuration failures, security violations, boot hangs, and interface issues across silicon revisions. Work with evaluation boards, reference platforms, and customer-like systems to ensure interoperability and real-world usage coverage. Drive innovation in validation methodologies, automation, and infrastructure, improving test coverage, scalability, and efficiency for future FPGA and SoC generations. Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and board design teams on configuration-and security-ready evaluation platforms, influencing observability and debug capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on silicon validation experience, with strong focus on FPGA configuration, security, SoC, or embedded processor subsystems.
• Strong knowledge of hardware security concepts, such as secure boot, authentication, encryption, key storage, lifecycle states, and threat modeling.
• Hands-on experience with system-level validation and debug, including power-on bring-up, failure analysis, and silicon issue triage.
• Familiarity with FPGA and SoC architectures (strong advantage).
• Experience or familiarity with Python for automation, scripting, and test infrastructure; Verilog familiarity is a plus.

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.

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