Reliability & Radiation Architecture Engineer

Responsibilities

• Analyze radiation effects in FPGA devices, including SEU, SET, SEL, and TID
• Evaluate architectural mitigation techniques such as configuration scrubbing, ECC protection, redundancy, and fault detection/recovery mechanisms
• Analyze radiation test data from heavy-ion, proton, and neutron experiments to derive reliability metrics
• Develop reliability models including cross-section analysis, FIT estimation, and mission reliability projections
• Study the susceptibility of FPGA subsystems, including programmable logic fabric, configuration memory, and embedded memories
• Collaborate with silicon architecture, circuit design, validation, software, and firmware teams to integrate reliability into device architecture
• Support the execution of radiation characterization campaigns

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in FPGA architecture, digital design, or reliability analysis
• Deep understanding of radiation effects in semiconductor devices (SEU, SET, SEL, TID)
• Knowledge of FPGA architectures, including programmable logic fabrics and configuration memory
• Familiarity with fault tolerance techniques such as ECC, redundancy, and scrubbing
• Experience with hardware design methodologies, including RTL design, simulation, and verification
• Proven ability to analyze experimental data or perform reliability modeling

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• Experience with radiation testing methodologies (heavy-ion, proton, or neutron testing)
• Experience implementing fault-tolerant techniques like Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR)
• Background in aerospace or mission-critical FPGA applications
• Experience modeling system-level reliability or architectural vulnerability

About the Company

Altera is a global leader in programmable logic solutions, delivering cutting-edge FPGA, SoC FPGA, and software technologies. We enable innovation across data centers, communications, automotive, aerospace & defense, and industrial markets by tackling the most complex design challenges in the semiconductor industry.