Senior EDA Software Engineer

Job Description:

About the Job

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.

Join us as our next EDA Senior Software Engineer in our journey to becoming the #1 FPGA company!

What You Will Do

As an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Senior Software Engineer you will be working on Altera’s state-of the-art and premier Quartus Prime Software Tool that is used to program the best-in-class Silicon chips called Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). In this role you will be developing the Quartus Prime software for Altera’s market beating next generation FPGA devices. Your scope of responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Using C/C to develop advanced and highly efficient Placement, Routing and Mapping algorithms for various peripheral blocks (such as High-Speed Transceivers, Network on Chip, Hardened Arm Processor) within the FPGAs.
• Collaborating with hardware teams on the hardware/software co-design architecture of our next generation of peripheral blocks, with heavy focus on placement and mapping software features.
• Architecting and implementing highly efficient and high-quality algorithms to support advanced Placement and Mapping software features for our next generation FPGA devices
• Generating logical models for peripheral blocks to enable creation of IP Designs
• Owning various analytical/logical/CAD tasks involved in compilation of various peripheral components

FPGAs are used in fast growing data-centers, military applications, high end networking equipment (cell phone towers), automotive (vision system in cars), and various industrial applications including medical devices. As a part of this team, you will research, design, develop, and optimize software tools that enable the use of FPGAs. Our engineers develop and optimize compilers, flows, models, tools, and runtimes that are closely coupled to FPGA silicon and IP. They will be learning about FPGAs and hardware logic design in their day-to-day job activities and will have many opportunities to respond to customer/client requests or events as they occur.

Salary Range

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor within the US market. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

$137.7k - $189.6k USD

Qualifications:

What We Want to See

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field with 5 plus years of software development experience (hardware/silicon environment) in one or more software programming/scripting languages (C/C , Java, Python/Perl/Tcl) (MSCE/MSEE with 3 years can also be considered)

Ways to Stand Out

• 10 years of experience
• Skilled in data-structures/algorithms
• Experience with the build process/makefiles
• Experience with RTL using (Verilog/VHDL/System Verilog)
• Electronic Design Automation (EDA) experience
• Experience with FPGA architecture and tools
• Experience with version control systems like Perforce, CVS, or Git in Unix/Linux environment
• Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

San Jose, CA

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.