Altera · 2 weeks ago
Senior Director / Vice President of Software Engineering – Front-End Design Tools & AI Acceleration (EDA + Agentic AI)
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$222K/yr - $326K/yrAltera is seeking a Senior Director or Vice President of Software Engineering to lead the development of its FPGA design platform, Quartus. This role involves driving the future of AI-powered design and overseeing a talented engineering team to deliver innovative front-end EDA tools and AI-accelerated design experiences.
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Hiring Manager
Chelsea Goff
Responsibilities
Drive the Future of Agentic, AI-Powered Design
Lead the transformation toward intelligent and contextual development environments, powered by the latest in AI/LLM technology
Define the vision for AI-assisted design using LLMs and agentic workflows
Build IDE integrations and tooling copilots tailored for FPGA developers
Partner closely with product, UX, and AI platform teams to deliver seamless, intelligent experiences
Oversee the full-stack development of Quartus front-end tools, including:
Design entrance (schematic/coding interfaces)
GUI frameworks
IP integration and reuse
Timing analysis and debug environments
Core infrastructure and design databases
Foster technical excellence, reliable execution, and high product quality. Build a culture of innovation and ownership across the team
Collaborate with architecture and hardware teams to ensure the front-end tooling supports AI acceleration use cases, including custom dataflow and ML model mapping
Drive integration of AI-specific IPs, reference designs, and optimization flows
Ensure the design environment is intuitive and scalable for engineers building AI/ML solutions on FPGAs
Qualification
Required
Proven leadership of large-scale engineering teams (preferably 50+ engineers)
Deep understanding of EDA tools and FPGA development workflows
Technical fluency in GUI/IDE frameworks, design data models, and toolchain integration
Familiarity with hardware/software co-design and FPGA-based acceleration
Experience with or strong interest in AI/ML acceleration on FPGA platforms
Understanding of agentic AI, LLM copilots, and developer-facing AI tools
Familiarity with platforms like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, or equivalent
Ability to translate innovation into usable, production-ready tools
Strong communicator and cross-functional collaborator
Capable of influencing senior stakeholders and aligning teams toward a shared vision
Committed to mentorship, diversity, and building a healthy engineering culture
Benefits
Incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance
Company
Altera
Altera provides programmable logic devices and design software for various applications. It is a sub-organization of Intel.
Founded in 1983
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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unknown2025-04-14Acquired
1988-03-31IPO
Leadership Team
Raghib Hussain
Chief Executive Officer
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