Senior FPGA Field Applications Engineer - Design-In Expert

Altera Corporation; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 187,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera Corporation in San Jose, CA, seeks a Field Applications Engineer to drive design‑ins and support customers adopting FPGA/SoC solutions. You will partner with customers, sales, and product engineering to accelerate time‑to‑market and realize the full value of Altera’s technology portfolio.

The role requires deep technical expertise in FPGA architectures, RTL, timing, and high‑speed interfaces, plus strong communication and travel readiness to customer sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in FPGA design, digital logic design, embedded systems, or applications engineering.
• Strong proficiency in RTL (Verilog/VHDL), timing analysis, synthesis, and FPGA implementation flows.
• Experience with high‑speed interfaces (PCIe, DDR, Ethernet), embedded processors, or board‑level design.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and customer‑facing skills.
• Ability to travel to customer sites as needed.
• Preferred qualifications: Altera/Intel Quartus, Platform Designer, and associated IP.
• Familiarity with AI/ML acceleration, DSP, or hardware/software co‑design.
• Experience supporting enterprise customers or large‑scale deployments.
• Strong debugging skills using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and embedded debug tools.

Responsibilities

• Interface with customers evaluating/designing with Altera FPGAs, SoCs, IP and tools.
• Support full design cycle from concept to timing closure, power optimization, and board bring‑up.
• Collaborate with sales, management and engineering on requirements, roadmap and competitive trends.
• Maintain deep knowledge of Altera FPGA architectures, Quartus, IP portfolio, and embedded software ecosystem.

Skills

RTL (Verilog/VHDL)

timing analysis

synthesis

FPGA implementation flows

PCIe/DDR/Ethernet interfaces

embedded processors

customer-facing skills

travel to customer sites

debugging with test equipment

AI/ML acceleration familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Quartus

Platform Designer

IP knowledge

Job description

Altera Corporation in San Jose, CA, seeks a Field Applications Engineer to drive design‑ins and support customers adopting FPGA/SoC solutions. You will partner with customers, sales, and product engineering to accelerate time‑to‑market and realize the full value of Altera’s technology portfolio.

The role requires deep technical expertise in FPGA architectures, RTL, timing, and high‑speed interfaces, plus strong communication and travel readiness to customer sites as needed.