Senior Director, Ethernet Silicon Architecture & Design

Altera Corporation; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 232,000 - 341,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera Corporation in the San Jose Bay Area seeks a Senior Director, Silicon Architecture and Design Engineering (Ethernet) to lead our Ethernet Center of Excellence, owning architecture, roadmap, and multi-generation Ethernet strategies across FPGA, SoC, and platform technologies.

You will manage a global silicon team delivering FPGA, ASIC, and SoC products, guiding RTL, verification, DFT, emulation, and physical design, and defining Ethernet architecture from MAC to PHY integration for current

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 15+ years in silicon engineering, ASIC, SoC, or FPGA product development.
• 10+ years in networking and Ethernet technologies (architecture, silicon development, or product development).
• Deep expertise in IEEE 802.3 Ethernet architecture and high-speed SerDes integration.
• Experience leading silicon development lifecycles end-to-end (architecture to production).

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and mentor a silicon engineering organization delivering complex FPGA, ASIC, and SoC products.
• Own end-to-end silicon execution from product definition and microarchitecture; manage RTL, verification, DFT, emulation, implementation, bring-up, and validation teams.
• Define and drive Ethernet architecture across MAC, PCS, FEC, Auto-Negotiation, Link Training, and high-speed PHY/SerDes integration.
• Represent Altera externally with hyperscale, networking, and AI infrastructure customers, ecosystem partners, and standards bodies.
• Provide technical leadership for networking datapath architecture including packet processing, L2/L3 forwarding, QoS, and telemetry.
• Drive large, complex silicon programs: planning, milestones, risk management, and cross-functional alignment.
• Collaborate with architecture, software, systems, product planning, and manufacturing to turn requirements into executable silicon roadmaps.

Skills

Ethernet architecture

Silicon program leadership

Networking silicon

RTL/verification/DFT

Verification methodology

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Altera Corporation in the San Jose Bay Area seeks a Senior Director, Silicon Architecture and Design Engineering (Ethernet) to lead our Ethernet Center of Excellence, owning architecture, roadmap, and multi-generation Ethernet strategies across FPGA, SoC, and platform technologies.

You will manage a global silicon team delivering FPGA, ASIC, and SoC products, guiding RTL, verification, DFT, emulation, and physical design, and defining Ethernet architecture from MAC to PHY integration for current