Senior FPGA Field Solutions Engineer

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

Job summary

Altera is seeking a highly skilled Field Applications Engineer (FAE) to support customers adopting its FPGA, SoC, and embedded solutions. You will partner with customers, sales teams, and product engineering to drive design‑ins, accelerate time‑to‑market, and ensure customers realize the full value of Altera’s technology portfolio.

This customer‑facing role is technically deep, requiring strong RTL/FPGA background, high‑level design knowledge, and the ability to communicate complex concepts

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience 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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical interface for customers evaluating and designing with Altera FPGAs, SoCs, IP, and software tools.
• Understand customer architectures, performance requirements, and design constraints to recommend optimal device families, IP blocks, and development flows.
• Deliver technical presentations, hands‑on workshops, and product demonstrations tailored to customer needs.
• Guide customers through feasibility analysis, device selection, and early‑stage design decisions.
• Support customers through the full design cycle — from concept and RTL development to timing closure, power optimization, and board bring‑up.
• Develop reference designs, application notes, and best‑practice guides to accelerate customer success.
• Collaborate with internal engineering teams to reproduce issues, validate fixes, and influence roadmap priorities.

Skills

RTL Verilog/VHDL

Timing analysis

Synthesis

FPGA implementation

High-speed interfaces

Embedded processors

Customer-facing communication

Education

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

Master’s degree in a related field (preferred)

Tools

Quartus (Altera/Intel)

Platform Designer

Altera IP portfolio

Job description

Altera is seeking a highly skilled Field Applications Engineer (FAE) to support customers adopting its FPGA, SoC, and embedded solutions. You will partner with customers, sales teams, and product engineering to drive design‑ins, accelerate time‑to‑market, and ensure customers realize the full value of Altera’s technology portfolio.

This customer‑facing role is technically deep, requiring strong RTL/FPGA background, high‑level design knowledge, and the ability to communicate complex concepts