FPGA Silicon Validation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute silicon validation plans for FPGA devices and associated IP subsystems
• Perform first silicon bring-up, feature validation, characterization, and production readiness testing
• Design, develop, and maintain validation environments, automated test frameworks, and validation infrastructure
• Debug silicon, FPGA fabric, embedded processor, firmware, and platform-level issues using laboratory equipment and software tools
• Collaborate with design, verification, architecture, firmware, software, and product engineering teams to root-cause and resolve issues
• Analyze failures to identify hardware, firmware, RTL, or system-level root causes
• Develop customer-focused validation scenarios that reflect real-world deployments and use cases

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• 3 years of industry work experience (recent graduates are also encouraged to apply)
• Strong knowledge of FPGA architecture
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C and Python
• Experience using high-speed test and measurement equipment, including high bandwidth real-time/sampling oscilloscopes and high-frequency pulse/signal generators

About the Company

Altera is the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider. We deliver programmable technologies that help customers innovate and scale across rapidly evolving markets like AI, cloud, networking, and edge. Our end-to-end portfolio includes FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, and development tools designed to accelerate innovation from the cloud to the edge.