FPGA Architecture Modeling Leader

Altera; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 232,000 - 341,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in San Jose, CA is seeking a Product Architecture Model Development Leader to drive the creation, quality, and evolution of behavioral and architectural models that represent next-generation FPGA silicon before RTL development.

You will lead a team of model developers and partner with architecture, verification, firmware, software, and tools teams to ensure models are accurate, scalable, and usable across pre-silicon flows.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with behavioral/functional/performance models.
• Experience bridging architecture specs into simulatable models.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams across multi-quarter silicon programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of behavioral modeling engineers for FPGA architecture models.
• Define modeling methodologies and coding standards across pre-silicon design flow.
• Own the model development roadmap aligned with architecture milestones.
• Collaborate with verification to ensure models serve as golden references.
• Drive automation and tooling to accelerate modeling velocity.

Skills

C++

SystemC

SystemVerilog

FPGA architecture

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science

Master's or PhD preferred

Job description

Altera in San Jose, CA is seeking a Product Architecture Model Development Leader to drive the creation, quality, and evolution of behavioral and architectural models that represent next-generation FPGA silicon before RTL development.

You will lead a team of model developers and partner with architecture, verification, firmware, software, and tools teams to ensure models are accurate, scalable, and usable across pre-silicon flows.