Altera · 12 hours ago
FPGA Circuit Design Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$127K/yr - $184K/yr
8+ years expAltera is a leader in programmable logic technology, offering innovative solutions across various markets. They are seeking an experienced FPGA Circuit Design Engineer to design, develop, and optimize high-performance digital and mixed-signal circuits for next-generation FPGA products, collaborating with cross-functional teams throughout the development process.
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Responsibilities
Design and develop high-performance digital and mixed-signal circuits for FPGA core and Clock Distribution
Contribute to circuit architecture definition, micro-architecture, and feasibility studies for next-generation FPGA products
Perform transistor-level design, simulation, and optimization for performance, power, area, and reliability
Develop schematics and support layout teams by optimizing layout for power, performance and area that include layout reviews and signoff
Work within team to help silicon debugs
Collaborate cross-functionally with architecture, logic design, verification, physical design, process technology, and product engineering teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, plus 8+ years of industry experience in circuit design within the semiconductor industry
Experience in digital circuit design at the transistor and block level and in generation of schematics from RTL
Experience designing circuits in advanced CMOS process nodes and understanding impact of layout in power and performance
Experience using circuit simulation and layout tools (e.g., SPICE-based simulators - HSPICE, FINESIM, WAVEVIEW, Virtuoso)
Experience with PRIMETIME and lib characterization for advanced CMOS process nodes
Familiarity with modern silicon design tools /checks - Totem, UPF, VCS, LINT
Experience with Python, GIT HUB, TCL/TK
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.
1001-5000 employees
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