FPGA IP Planner (Product Manager)

Job Details

Job Description:

Join Altera, a pioneer in programmable logic solutions, where innovation meets practicality. We empower system, semiconductor, and technology companies to rapidly and cost-effectively differentiate and excel in their markets. Our legacy of innovation is matched by our commitment to our clients, whom we serve through a robust distribution network and a dedicated sales force. Our portfolio spans programmable logic products, acceleration platforms, software, and IP, all designed to accelerate the pace of innovation.

Altera seeks a Planner / Product Manager for the Intellectual Property (IP) component of our Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) solutions. The IP solutions portfolio includes a comprehensive breadth of hard (silicon) and soft (configurable FPGA logic) IP targeting compute, networking/communications, memory, and video interfaces for a variety of end markets and segments such as cloud and enterprise, wireless and wireline networks, edge and embedded applications. Come join a team responsible for making decisions that have a global and long-lasting impact on the company.

The focus for this position is FPGA IP solutions in the following areas:

• Wireless protocols such as CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface), eCPRI (enhanced CPRI), ORAN (Open Radio Access Network
• Data converter interface JESD204 B/C/D
• Video protocols such as Display Port, SDI (Serial Digital Interface), HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface), and MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) D-PHY/C-PHY/CSI/DSI
• Altera’s Video & Vision Processing Suite of IP for the development of custom video and image processing designs
  
  

In this role you will analyze and synthesize requirements from various sources including Altera’s product roadmap, strategy and marketing teams, market development group, customers, and sales/field/support teams. You will take on challenging and often ambiguous problems, applying sound business judgment in defining solutions and effectively communicating complex issues. You’ll work closely with engineering teams to ensure that all requirements and feature specifications are well defined and prioritized, to drive the engineering delivery process and timeline for hard and soft IP.

Responsibilities

• Drive the definition, trade-off analysis, and convergence of next-generation IP solutions that enable various FPGA end markets and applications
• Coordinate with business stakeholders to continuously drive customer requirements into the product definition and solutions roadmap
• Generate detailed product requirements
• Maintain and communicate a detailed IP product roadmap
• Identify risks, mitigations, and contingencies associated with the roadmap and develop a cohesive competitive positioning strategy
• Coordinate with peers to align inter-dependent programs and solutions
• Manage and track input to Engineering direction/deliverables and change requests
  
  

Desired Competencies

• Business acumen – understanding of business and technical challenges and landscape
• Leadership – ability to define, influence, and drive decisions proactively
• Presence and Communications – ability to facilitate engagement and open communication in stressful situations, articulate ideas and concepts to promote change, and communicate goals and plans to executive staff and critical project stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal skills – willingness to speak up to ensure success of program, understand the diverse perspectives of stakeholders and work with them to resolve differences
• Initiative – comfort driving unchartered, high-paced programs in a dynamic team environment
• Strong analytical skills – data-driven and detailed with strong problem-solving skills, ability to structure complicated issues and find creative solutions to business challenges
  
  

Salary Range

$102.8k - $148.9k USD

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related field of study
• 5 years of experience in FPGA applications and IP, or related end application domains
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical depth and understanding of FPGA or ASIC based IP solutions, particularly those listed in the description above
• Technical depth and understanding of FPGA development flows and solutions
• Direct experience in architecting FPGA-based solutions for an end market/application
• Industry knowledge of dynamics, trends, success factors, and competitive forces in FPGA end markets/applications
• Experience in a customer-facing and engagement role
  
  

Job Type

Regular

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

San Jose

Additional Locations:

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.