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Altera · 9 hours ago

Principal FPGA Compiler Software Engineer

positionSan Jose, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$179K/yr - $259K/yr
date10+ years exp

Altera is a leading company in programmable logic technologies, offering innovative solutions from the cloud to the edge. The role involves architecting and developing software innovations for Quartus, focusing on optimization algorithms for FPGA CAD software tools.

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Responsibilities

Leading research & development efforts to explore novel optimization algorithms for our FPGA CAD software tools, including global and detailed routing as well as state of the art retiming for our Hyperflex routing architecture
Developing and optimizing the software to drive performance improvements by leveraging innovative FPGA hardware features
Owning various modules of the Routing and Retiming engine from device modeling to timing closure to runtime

Qualification

EDA/CAD routing algorithmsHigh performance multi-core softwareAltera QuartusAMD VivadoMachine learning techniquesGraph theoryOptimizationsProblem-solvingCommunication skillsTeamworkLeadership skills

Required

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field
MS + 15 years of industry software experience, or PhD + 10 years of industry software experience

Preferred

Significant experience coding & hands-on development of high performance multi-core software systems
Extensive experience as an architect/technical lead for developing EDA/CAD routing algorithms for FPGAs
Proven leadership skills for collaborative cross functional projects
Experience with Altera® Quartus or AMD Vivado software
Experience with graph theory and network based optimizations including pathfinding and combinatorial optimizations
Experience with applying machine learning techniques to EDA software

Benefits

Incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance

Company

Altera

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Altera provides programmable logic devices and design software for various applications. It is a sub-organization of Intel.
dateFounded in 1983
location
San Jose, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
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https://www.altera.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (67)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2025-04-14Acquired
1988-03-31IPO

Leadership Team

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Raghib Hussain
Chief Executive Officer
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