Senior Field Applications Engineer - FPGA & SoC Solutions

altera; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera seeks a Field Applications Engineer to support customers adopting FPGA, SoC, and embedded solutions in the San Jose area. You will partner with customers, sales, and product engineering to drive design-ins, accelerate time-to-market, and deliver value across the technology portfolio.

This customer-facing, technically deep role requires strong RTL, timing, and FPGA implementation expertise, with travel to customer sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of FPGA design, digital logic design, embedded systems, or applications engineering.
• Strong proficiency in RTL design, timing analysis, synthesis, and FPGA implementation flows.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, DDR, Ethernet) and embedded processors.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and customer-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical interface for customers evaluating Altera FPGAs, SoCs, IP, and software tools.
• Deliver technical presentations, hands-on workshops, and product demonstrations tailored to customer needs.
• Support customers through full design cycle—from concept to timing closure and board bring-up.
• Collaborate with sales and engineering to influence roadmap priorities and enable customers' success.

Skills

RTL design

Verilog/VHDL

Timing analysis

FPGA implementation

Embedded systems

Communication skills

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Quartus toolchain

Platform Designer

IP blocks

Job description

Altera seeks a Field Applications Engineer to support customers adopting FPGA, SoC, and embedded solutions in the San Jose area. You will partner with customers, sales, and product engineering to drive design-ins, accelerate time-to-market, and deliver value across the technology portfolio.

This customer-facing, technically deep role requires strong RTL, timing, and FPGA implementation expertise, with travel to customer sites as needed.