Lead FPGA Validation & Toolchain Architect

Altera; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in Penang, Malaysia, invites experienced validation engineers to design and optimize FPGA software tools, flows, and verification methods for high-performance silicon platforms. You will lead cross-functional teams, drive validation plans, and contribute to AI, DSP, and analytics workloads with deep hardware-software integration.

The role emphasizes synthesis, timing, and hardware execution skills, plus scripting and CI/CD expertise, with opportunities to mentor peers in a dynamic lab

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in FPGA development, software-tool verification, or validation, including substantial hands-on work with FPGA design flows.
• 3+ years of technical leadership, project leadership, or equivalent experience guiding engineers and coordinating complex validation work.
• Strong understanding of FPGA architectures and tool flows from design entry through compilation, simulation, implementation, timing analysis, and hardware execution.
• Experience developing validation strategies, test plans, regression suites, defect reports, and release-quality assessments for complex software tools.
• Proficiency with scripting and automation, such as Python, Perl, Tcl, or shell, and experience with CI/CD or automated regression infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to debug cross-layer software and FPGA issues, analyze results, make risk-based recommendations, and communicate findings to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration, mentoring, and written and verbal communication skills in a cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Researches, designs, develops, and optimizes software tools that enable the use of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA).
• Develops and optimizes compilers, flows, assemblers, models, tools, runtimes, and/or firmwares closely coupled to FPGA silicon, IP, and boards, leveraging knowledge of FPGA hardware and chip layout.
• Designs, develops, and optimizes software abstractions and frameworks for acceleration with the FPGA for domains such as deep learning, DSP algorithms, or data analytics; responds to customer requests.

Skills

FPGA development

Python/ scripting

Debug cross-layer FPGA issues

CI/CD

Verilog

VHDL

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer/Software Eng

Tools

Quartus Prime

Job description

Altera in Penang, Malaysia, invites experienced validation engineers to design and optimize FPGA software tools, flows, and verification methods for high-performance silicon platforms. You will lead cross-functional teams, drive validation plans, and contribute to AI, DSP, and analytics workloads with deep hardware-software integration.

The role emphasizes synthesis, timing, and hardware execution skills, plus scripting and CI/CD expertise, with opportunities to mentor peers in a dynamic lab