Senior FPGA IP Solution Design Engineer

Altera; George Town; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in Penang, Malaysia, is seeking a Senior IP Design Engineer specializing in FPGA Soft IP RTL development to design, develop, and verify wireless IP cores for FPGA platforms in collaboration with system architects and verification teams.

You will work across architecture, RTL design, verification and hardware validation, contributing to high-speed interfaces and FPGA constraints, with a focus on quality, performance, and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog, RTL design coding.
• Experience in FPGA, custom IC or ASIC design with design/verification focus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and verify wireless IP cores for FPGA platforms.
• Collaborate with system architects, verification engineers and software teams.
• Ensure RTL design meets timing, constraints and quality standards.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

RTL design coding

FPGA

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Synopsys VCS

Questa

Modelsim

Perl

Python

Job description

Altera offers a large selection of intellectual property IP cores optimized for Altera FPGA devices, all of which are developed for highest performance, lowest cost, ease of use and fastest time-to-market. The FPGA IP System & Solution Engineering group is responsible for High Speed Protocol IP development, which includes participating in high-level product specifications, logic/RTL design and implementation, RTL verification, IP FPGA emulation prototyping and hardware validation. In the role of Senior IP Design Engineer specializing in FPGA Soft IP RTL development, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and verifying wireless IP cores for FPGA platforms, while working closely with system architects, verification engineers, and software teams to deliver reliable and high-performance wireless solutions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Verilog/System Verilog, RTL design coding.
• Experience in FPGA, custom IC or ASIC design, demonstrated excellence in any of the product development areas from architecture, design, validation to product.
• Familiarity with simulation and verification tools (Synopsy VCS, Questa, Modelsim, etc.).
• Knowledge of high-speed serial interfaces such as Ethernet, CPRI, and eCPRI, along with familiarity with O-RAN architectures, is a strong plus.
• Understanding of timing closure, clock domain crossing, and FPGA constraints.
• Familiarity with Perl, TCL, Python and shell scripts is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to work with cross‑functional team.
• Demonstrates fundamental values such as accountability, integrity and a winning mindset.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive mindset that promotes innovation and teamwork.

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.

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.