Senior / Staff Embedded Applications Engineer

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

Job summary

Altera in Penang, Malaysia, seeks a Senior/Staff Applications Engineer to collaborate with customers and Altera personnel across geographies to enable design wins and resolve issues quickly.

You will provide technical support for FPGA features, develop design examples on development kits, and author documentation to showcase key capabilities. Strong communication, debugging, and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Independent with strong debugging and analytical skills.
• Experience in FPGA/CPLD technologies, embedded systems, RTL, Verilog/VHDL, C programming or hardware/board debugging.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and training for FPGA features including Embedded IP, processor and flash solutions.
• Develop and validate design examples on development kits to showcase FPGA features.
• Create technical documentation (handbooks, user guides, tutorials, application notes).
• Collaborate with design and engineering teams to improve user experience of FPGA products and solutions.

Skills

Communication

Problem-solving

English proficiency

Debugging

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Self-motivated learning

C programming

Verilog/VHDL

Education

Bachelor or Master Degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Tools

RTL

FPGA design

Embedded systems

Job description

Job Details: Job Description: As a Senior/Staff Applications Engineer, you will work with customers, Altera and Distribution field personnel in multiple geographies, and specialist colleagues to enable design wins and bring issues to closure as efficiently as possible.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support & training for Altera FPGA features: Embedded IP and Processor solutions, Flash solutions, FPGA configuration and programming solutions.
• Develop & validate design examples on development kits to showcase Altera FPGA features.
• Develop technical documentation such as device handbook, user guides, tutorials & application notes for key features/applications of FPGA products.
• Work with design and engineering teams to drive improvement in user’s experience for FPGA product and solution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, or equivalent, with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English.
• Independent and with good and systematic debugging skills.
• Analytical and strong problem-solving skills, and ability to drive issues to closure are essential.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: FPGA and CPLD technologies, embedded system, digital logic design, industrial I/O standards, flash interface, RTL, Verilog/VHDL programming, C programming or hardware/board debug.
• Highly motivated to learn and adapt to fast-changing technologies and environments.

Job Details

• 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.