Altera · 5 hours ago
Senior FPGA Security Architect– Aerospace, Defense & Government
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $290K/yr
10+ years expAltera is seeking a Senior FPGA Security Architect to lead customer-facing security engagements focused on programmable logic and adaptive compute platforms in the Aerospace, Defense and Government market. The role involves guiding customers through secure FPGA design and deployment, translating program requirements into practical security architectures, and collaborating with various teams to enable secure design wins.
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Responsibilities
Act as a trusted FPGA security advisor to aerospace and defense customers
Lead customer discussions on FPGA security architecture, threat modeling, and risk tradeoffs
Translate customer use cases, mission requirements, regulatory requirements, and threat models into clear FPGA security recommendations
Support engagements involving sensitive or controlled program constraints
Engage with senior technical and business stakeholders, including architects, security teams, and executives
Advise on secure FPGA design and deployment, including:
Bitstream encryption, authentication, and IP protection
Key management, secure provisioning, and device identity
Protection against cloning, reverse engineering, and IP theft
Secure boot and chain-of-trust for FPGA-based systems
Side-channel and fault-injection awareness and mitigations
Device identity, secure provisioning, and lifecycle control
Secure sustainment, re-keying, and field updates over extended lifetimes
Partner with Sales and FAEs and Product teams to support complex ADG customer engagements and design wins
Deliver security-focused presentations, architecture reviews, and technical workshops
Represent Altera in customer briefings, industry forums, and security-focused events
Support RFIs, RFPs, and customer security assessments
Contribute to program-level security planning and technical alignment
Clearly articulate security value, differentiation, and risk reduction in customer-facing engagements
Provide customer-driven feedback into Altera’s FPGA product security roadmaps
Share ADG market insights, regulatory requirements, emerging threats, industry best practices, and program requirements with internal teams
Collaborate with internal security, engineering, and product stakeholders
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (Master's preferred)
10+ years of experience in FPGA design, SoC architecture, or hardware security
Strong understanding of FPGA architectures, configuration flows, and development tools
Experience with FPGA security features such as bitstream encryption, secure boot, key management, and device authentication
Ability to communicate complex security topics clearly to technical and program stakeholders
Experience supporting aerospace, defense, or government programs
Experience working directly with customers in a technical or advisory capacity
Preferred
Experience with SoC FPGAs and embedded processors (e.g., ARM-based FPGA platforms)
Familiarity with anti-tamper, IP protection, physically unclonable functions (PUFs) and long-term sustainment requirements
Knowledge of cryptographic implementations and key management in constrained hardware environments
Knowledge of hardware security standards or frameworks relevant to ADG programs
Exposure to supply chain security, trusted manufacturing, and device provenance
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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Raghib Hussain
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