FPGA & Embedded Engineer for Aerospace Defense Systems

Altera Corporation; Hazlet Township, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera is seeking an FPGA & Embedded Software Engineer to support the Aerospace & Defense organization. The role focuses on developing FPGA designs along with embedded software and partnering with defense customers to deploy FPGA-based systems for mission-critical applications.

Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the Altera Hazlet, New Jersey office and will collaborate with multiple engineering teams to deliver end-to-end FPGA solutions, with emphasis on reliability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• 6+ years of FPGA design, development, or system integration experience.
• RTL experience with HDL (Verilog/VHDL) and hardware bring-up/debug.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate FPGA & software solutions for Aerospace & Defense customer projects and reference platforms.
• Collaborate with aerospace & defense customers to translate system requirements into FPGA & SW architectures.
• Develop RTL design and test benches; write embedded software (C++, Python) and Matlab code to control FPGA.
• Lead FPGA bring-up, debug, and validation in lab and customer environments.
• Partner with FPGA, software, and systems engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Create technical documentation, validation plans, and customer-facing design collateral.

Skills

RTL design

Hardware debugging

Systems engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer-facing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Quartus toolchain (Altera)

Job description

Altera is seeking an FPGA & Embedded Software Engineer to support the Aerospace & Defense organization. The role focuses on developing FPGA designs along with embedded software and partnering with defense customers to deploy FPGA-based systems for mission-critical applications.

Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the Altera Hazlet, New Jersey office and will collaborate with multiple engineering teams to deliver end-to-end FPGA solutions, with emphasis on reliability and