Senior FPGA & Hardware Platform Designer

Altera; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in Penang is seeking an experienced Hardware Board Design Engineer to lead end-to-end development of complex hardware platforms. You will drive architecture-aligned circuit design, schematic development, and board bring-up across high-speed digital, analog, and mixed-signal domains.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in hardware board design, hands-on experience with Processor/FPGA/SoC systems, and proficiency in EDA tools such as Concept HDL, OrCAD, and Allegro.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics & Communication or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in hardware board design life-cycle.
• Strong expertise in processor, FPGA, and SoC-based system design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design and development of hardware platforms, translating based on system architecture and specifications.
• Expertise in complex processor-, FPGA-, and ASIC-based systems, ensuring alignment with platform performance, power, thermal, and cost objectives.
• Develop and review circuit designs, simulations, and trade-off analyses to ensure robust and scalable hardware solutions.
• Review PCB design rules, including component placement, high-speed routing constraints, stack-up definitions, and signal/power integrity considerations.
• Review design simulations (SI/PI/Thermal) results.
• Drive schematic capture, PCB layout, and design package creation from feasibility through tape-out.
• Evaluate and optimize BOM cost, part availability, and risk mitigation strategies for the platform.
• Lead board bring-up, power-on, and platform debug activities in collaboration with architects, validation engineers, and system integration teams.
• Resolve complex system-level issues across electrical, firmware, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing domains.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including architecture, verification, validation, firmware, manufacturing, and customer engineering.
• Integrate feedback to continuously refine design methodologies and enhance platform robustness.

Skills

High-speed digital

Analog design

Mixed-signal design

Processor/FPGA/SoC system design

Schematic capture

PCB layout review

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electronics & Communication or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Concept HDL

OrCAD

Allegro

Job description

Altera in Penang is seeking an experienced Hardware Board Design Engineer to lead end-to-end development of complex hardware platforms. You will drive architecture-aligned circuit design, schematic development, and board bring-up across high-speed digital, analog, and mixed-signal domains.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in hardware board design, hands-on experience with Processor/FPGA/SoC systems, and proficiency in EDA tools such as Concept HDL, OrCAD, and Allegro.