FPGA Development Tools Engineer

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Job Description:

Altera is seeking an FPGA Development Tools Engineer to design, develop, and enhance the next generation of FPGA software development tools. In this role, you will work on industry-leading toolchains that enable customers to efficiently design, simulate, compile, debug, and optimize FPGA-based systems.

You will collaborate closely with architecture, RTL, verification, and customer-facing teams to deliver high-performance, scalable, and user-friendly FPGA development solutions.

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 (e.g., Quartus, platform designer, and associated utilities)

• 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/or 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

• Contribute to tool usability, documentation, and customer-facing improvements

• Support internal and external users, including escalation of critical tool issues

• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

• Strong experience with FPGA design flows and development tools

• Proficiency in C/C++ (required); Python experience strongly preferred

• Solid understanding of digital logic design, timing, and hardware architecture

• Experience with HDL languages (Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL)

• Familiarity with synthesis, timing analysis, and place-and-route concepts

• Experience working in large, complex software codebases

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing or maintaining FPGA or EDA tools

• Knowledge of Quartus, Platform Designer, or comparable FPGA tools

• Experience with EDA algorithms (graph algorithms, optimization, constraint solving)

• Familiarity with ASIC or FPGA timing closure methodologies

• Experience with multi-threaded and high-performance software

• Knowledge of scripting (Tcl, Python) used in hardware design automation

• Experience working directly with customers or field applications teams

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