Lead Product Planner

Altera; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 159,700 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera, based in San Jose, California, is looking for a Lead Product Planner. This role is vital in defining and planning next-generation FPGA products, owning the roadmap, and leading cross-functional teams for product delivery.

The ideal candidate will have deep semiconductor experience, a strong technical foundation, and excellent interpersonal skills. The position offers a dynamic environment focused on innovation, rewarding performance, and competitive salary.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant hardware design, product planning/management, customer support or technical marketing experience.
• 10+ years of experience with semiconductors (FPGA, ASIC/ASSP, processors) development and manufacturing.
• 8+ years of experience interacting with customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead definition and planning activities for next generation Altera FPGA product family.
• Own roadmap for future devices or product families.
• Lead cross-functional team for Plan of Record establishment and maintenance.

Skills

Leadership

Presence and Communications

Self-starter

Highly analytical

Strong interpersonal skills

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor’s or Masters or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

About Altera

At Altera, our independence as the world’s largest pure‑play FPGA solutions provider gives us the focus, speed, and agility to innovate without compromise. With more than four decades of industry‑leading FPGA expertise, our singular mission is to deliver programmable technologies that help customers differentiate, innovate, and scale across rapidly evolving markets like AI, cloud, networking, and edge. As an independent company, we move faster, invest deeper, and partner more closely—empowering our teams to drive breakthrough innovation and shape the future of the FPGA industry.

Job Details

As part of Altera’s HW Engineering organization, the Product Planning Group plays a key role in partnering and influencing strategic deliverables throughout the organization.

The Role

The Lead Product Planner role requires a combination of technical expertise, business acumen, organizational understanding, and networking capabilities. The Product Planning runs certain strategic processes, visits customers, collaborates with Sales, the Business Management group, Architects and influences the organization via these processes. Activities include driving planning processes, competitive analysis, market analysis, and participating in strategic task forces. The Lead Product Planner will focus on leading planning activities for next generation devices of the product family.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead definition and planning activities for next generation Altera FPGA product family
• Own roadmap for one of the future devices or product families, including prioritization, customer validation, and communication of the roadmap both within and outside of Altera
• Lead cross‑functional team responsible for establishing and maintaining the Plan of Record for one of the future families. The team includes Planners, Architects, Engineering, Marketing, and Applications Engineering to drive your product from concept through mass production
• Lead, participate, and contribute into corresponding leadership teams and represent Product Planning in relevant forums
• Understand system level architecture, gather customer and Altera business partner requirements, MRD(s) from internal stakeholders and synthesize these into structured Product Requirements Document (PRD)
• Network and coordinate with Business Stakeholders and key partners to continuously drive customer requirements into the product definitions

Desired Competencies

• Leadership – influences, inclusiveness, defines and drives decisions in a proactive, assertive manner, able to articulate ideas and concepts in a compelling and targeted manner to promote change
• Presence and Communications – can create and facilitate engagement and dialogue and open communication in tense situations, and can communicate goals and plans to critical project stakeholders
• Self‑starter – comfortable driving uncharted, high‑paced programs with limited oversight
• Highly analytical – data‑driven and possess strong problem‑solving skills, can structure complicated issues and find creative solutions to business challenges
• Strong interpersonal skills – can bring difficult discussions to the table and arbitrate different viewpoints effectively, not afraid to speak up to ensure success of program and call out dysfunctionalities
• Business acumen – understands business and technical challenges and landscape, strong technical acumen with background on vertical markets and FPGA solutions

Salary Range

The pay range below is for Bay Area, California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job‑related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

$159,700 - $230,000 USD

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Masters or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 10+ years of relevant hardware design, product planning/management, customer support or technical marketing experience
• 10+ years of experience with semiconductors (FPGA, ASIC/ASSP, processors) development and manufacturing
• 8+ years of experience interacting with customers

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of total experience in a semiconductor or related role (e.g., FPGA, ASIC/SOCs, Hardware)
• Knowledge of FPGA architecture and FPGA development methodology
• Experience in architecting FPGA based solutions for an end market application
• Proven track record of driving successful innovation products and influencing product strategy
• Proven track record of leading cross‑functional teams

Job Type

Regular

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location

San Jose, California, United States

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.