Senior Lead Design Engineer at Altera · San Jose, CA · Joined
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Senior Lead Design Engineer
Altera · San Jose, CA · Just now · 0 applicants
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Pay
$232k–$330kListed
Workplace
On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Lead
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About the role
Altera seeks a Senior Lead Design Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for the architecture, RTL design, and delivery of next-generation FPGA and programmable SoC solutions. The role guides complex digital subsystems from architecture through validation, requiring deep FPGA/ASIC experience and expertise in high-performance interfaces.
What you’ll do
Lead architecture, design, and delivery of next-generation FPGA and programmable SoC solutions
Develop digital logic and reusable IP from requirements through RTL delivery, validation, and product readiness
Guide technical decisions across planning, risk management, schedule alignment, and prioritization
Lead design execution across functional blocks and chip-level integration
Collaborate with architecture, RTL, verification, physical design, CAD, firmware/software, and system validation teams
Serve as a senior technical mentor in a matrixed engineering environment
What you’ll need
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline with 15+ years of relevant FPGA/ASIC/SoC/semiconductor experience
Demonstrated technical leadership delivering complex digital subsystems or products from system/microarchitecture through RTL, verification, integration, implementation, and post-silicon validation
Deep hands-on expertise in Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL design, synthesis, lint, CDC/RDC, formal/equivalence checking, timing constraints, and implementation-aware design practices
Experience with high-performance digital architectures including networking/packet-processing, PCIe/CXL, Ethernet, DDR/HBM, high-speed interfaces, or on-chip interconnect
Strong understanding of performance, power, area, timing, bandwidth, latency, congestion, and reliability tradeoffs in advanced digital systems
Strong communication, collaboration, and influence across architecture, RTL, verification, physical design, CAD, firmware/software, system validation, and product engineering organizations
Original job description
Altera is seeking a Senior Lead Design Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for the architecture, design, and delivery of next-generation FPGA and programmable SoC solutions. The role leads digital logic and reusable IP development, guiding technical decisions and execution from requirements and architecture through RTL delivery, validation,…