FPGA Systems Engineer — DSP, AI & High-Speed Signals

Altera Corporation; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera Corporation in San Jose, CA seeks an FPGA System Design Engineer to architect, implement, and optimize FPGA-based DSP and embedded solutions for defense and aerospace markets.

You will work with customers, collaborate with FPGA software teams, develop reference designs and benchmarks, and demonstrate system performance and value. A strong background in FPGA design and software integration is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering or related field.
• 3+ years FPGA design experience with algorithm implementation.
• 2+ years C/C++ software development.
• 1+ year FPGA development with Verilog or VHDL.
• Strong digital logic and debugging of hw/sw systems.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement FPGA-based solutions using RTL, DSP Builder, and embedded processor technologies for defense and aerospace applications.
• Partner directly with strategic customers to deploy and optimize DSP, communications, AI, and signal processing algorithms on FPGA devices.
• Develop benchmarks, proof-of-concept demonstrations, reference designs, and complete system solutions that showcase FPGA performance and value.
• Collaborate closely with FPGA software and tools teams to identify customer needs, drive tool enhancements, and influence future product features.
• Analyze system-level performance and optimize FPGA implementations for throughput, latency, power, and resource utilization.
• Support customer design activities including architecture reviews, debugging, performance tuning, and technical enablement.
• Contribute technical collateral including design documentation, application notes, training materials, and best-practice guides.

Skills

FPGA design and algorithm impl

C/C++ development

Verilog/VHDL

Digital logic design

Debugging HW/SW systems

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

CUDA

Verilog/VHDL

Quartus Prime

ModelSim/Questa

RTOS

Job description

Altera Corporation in San Jose, CA seeks an FPGA System Design Engineer to architect, implement, and optimize FPGA-based DSP and embedded solutions for defense and aerospace markets.

You will work with customers, collaborate with FPGA software teams, develop reference designs and benchmarks, and demonstrate system performance and value. A strong background in FPGA design and software integration is required.