Senior FPGA Platform Lead Engineer (Development Kits)

191 Altera Corporation; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in San Jose, California is seeking a Senior FPGA Development Kit Technical Lead Engineer with over 10 years of experience to drive end-to-end development of FPGA development kits, including board architecture, RTL and firmware.

You will coordinate with offshore centers, design partners, ODM/JDMs, contract manufacturers, and global suppliers to deliver high-quality kits on schedule and at target cost. You will also drive platform robustness across generations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of professional engineering in FPGA platforms or related areas.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through hardware development.
• Knowledge of Altera Quartus tool flow.
• Experience with board-level testing methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of Altera FPGA Development Kits with board architecture, RTL, and firmware teams, in partnership with offshore design centers, design partners, and ODM/JDM teams across the US and Asia.
• Lead development kit manufacturing execution with contract manufacturers, component suppliers, PCB fabricators, and PCB assembly partners across the US and Asia.
• Drive BOM planning and cost optimization, while managing part availability, supply risk, component obsolescence, and engineering change orders for new and existing Altera FPGA development kits.
• Serve as the central point of contact across cross-functional teams, including architecture, development kit functional validation, firmware, RTL-based manufacturing test development, manufacturing, and customer engineering.
• Use lessons learned and stakeholder feedback to improve design methods, execution efficiency, and overall platform robustness.

Skills

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Mentoring engineers

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altera Quartus tool flow

HDMI

SDI

PCIe interfaces

Job description

Altera in San Jose, California is seeking a Senior FPGA Development Kit Technical Lead Engineer with over 10 years of experience to drive end-to-end development of FPGA development kits, including board architecture, RTL and firmware.

You will coordinate with offshore centers, design partners, ODM/JDMs, contract manufacturers, and global suppliers to deliver high-quality kits on schedule and at target cost. You will also drive platform robustness across generations.