Staff Application Engineer

Altera; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in Penang is seeking a Staff Application Engineer to join the Worldwide Regional Applications group, enabling next‑gen designs across Agilex devices. You will collaborate with R&D teams and customers to drive design success in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include handling escalations, aiding field teams and distributors with design improvements, and developing collateral and reference designs.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Electronics, Electrical or Software Engineering with 10+ years in Architecture, Design or implementation in 5G/DSP.
• Excellent working knowledge of RTL-based design flows and expectations.
• Good knowledge of the FPGA/ASIC design process and timing closure.
• Familiarity with Quartus tool and design methodologies.
• Strong communication and teamwork across sites and domains.

Responsibilities

• Handle key customer escalations from analysis to closure.
• Collaborate with field teams and distributors to improve customer designs and experience.
• Participate in development projects with international cross-organizational teams.
• Develop and deliver training materials on new features and methodologies.
• Contribute to internal communication across regions and teams.

Skills

RTL-based design flows

Problem Solving

Technical Communication

Teamwork

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electronics, Electrical or Software Engineering

Tools

Quartus

Job description

Job Details:

Job Description: The Staff Application Engineer position is in Worldwide Regional Applications group, located in Penang, Malaysia for an experienced application engineer.

Job Description:

As a member of a highly seasoned Applications Engineering team, the successful candidate will work closely with several R&D teams, internal application design teams and key customers to enable the next generation of designs across the Agilex device families. Daily activities will include the following duties:

• Handle key customer escalations from analysis to closure.
• Work closely with field team and distributors to help their customers to improve their designs, products and customer experience.
• Participation in development projects possibly as part of an international cross organizational team and may include the generation of collateral and reference designs
• Develop and deliver training materials on new features and methodologies.
• Development of strong local regional and international intra and inter organizational communication and cooperation in a team based collaborative environment
• Stay current with and propose the internal use of industry approaches, algorithms, and practices

Qualifications:

BS/MS/PhD in Electronics, Electrical or Software Engineering with minimum 10 years of relevant experience in Architecture, Design, or implementation experience in 5G, DSP. Experience in Industrial Standard contribution (e.g. Driving new standard with IEEE) will be added advantages.

Customer Awareness: Has excellent working knowledge of RTL-based design flows and expectations.

Product Knowledge: Has good working knowledge of the entire FPGA or ASIC design process and tool flow, with intermediate-to-advanced understanding timing closure.

Design Enablement: Has good understanding of design methodologies using Quartus tool

Problem Solving: Ability to handle and solve complex system level issues.

Technical Communication: Can simplify and communicate even the most complex subjects, making options, trade-offs, and impact clear. Can report out to management in a concise and actionable manner.

Teamwork : Able to work with several teams across sites and domains with a positive attitude under variable workloads.

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location:

Penang 15, Penang, Malaysia

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.