FPGA Development Tools Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain FPGA development tools including synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, debugging, and simulation workflows
• Enhance and support Altera’s FPGA software toolchain, such as Quartus and Platform Designer
• Design algorithms and data structures for performance, scalability, and correctness across large FPGA devices
• Work with hardware architects to align tool capabilities with new FPGA features and architectures
• Develop C/C++ and Python-based infrastructure and automation supporting FPGA design flows
• Debug complex issues across software and hardware boundaries
• Optimize compilation runtime, quality-of-results (QoR), and memory usage

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Proficiency in C/C++
• Strong experience with FPGA design flows and development tools
• Solid understanding of digital logic design, timing, and hardware architecture
• Experience with HDL languages including Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL
• Familiarity with synthesis, timing analysis, and place-and-route concepts
• Experience working in large, complex software codebases

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing or maintaining FPGA or EDA tools
• Knowledge of Quartus, Platform Designer, or comparable FPGA tools
• Experience with EDA algorithms such as graph algorithms, optimization, or constraint solving
• Familiarity with ASIC or FPGA timing closure methodologies
• Experience with multi-threaded and high-performance software
• Knowledge of scripting languages like Tcl or Python used in hardware design automation

About the Company

Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy-to-use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Our end-to-end broad portfolio of products includes FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, System on Modules, SmartNICs, and IPUs.