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Altera

FPGA and SoC provider with software

FPGA Post Silicon Validation Engineer - Security

Hardware Validation & TestingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field is required.
  • At least 8 years of hands-on silicon validation experience is required, with a strong focus on FPGA configuration, security, SoC, or embedded processor subsystems.
  • Strong knowledge of hardware security concepts is required, including secure boot, authentication, encryption, key storage, lifecycle states, and threat modeling.
  • Hands-on experience with system-level validation and debug is required, including power-on bring-up, failure analysis, and silicon issue triage.
  • Experience or familiarity with Python for automation, scripting, and test infrastructure is required.

Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive validation strategies for FPGA security aligned with device architecture, security requirements, and business objectives.
  • Perform security feature validation, including secure boot, authentication, encryption, key management, root-of-trust, and protection against misconfiguration or unauthorized access.
  • Create and execute test cases and vectors for configuration robustness, security corner cases, fault injection, and negative testing scenarios.
  • Perform device and system bring-up, debugging security violations and boot hangs, and investigating issues across silicon revisions.
  • Work with evaluation boards, reference platforms, and customer-like systems to ensure interoperability and real-world usage coverage.
  • Drive innovation in validation methodologies, automation, and infrastructure to improve test coverage, scalability, and efficiency for future FPGA and SoC generations.
  • Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and board design teams on security-ready evaluation platforms, influencing observability and debug capability.

Desired Qualifications

  • Familiarity with FPGA and SoC architectures is a strong advantage.
  • Verilog familiarity is a plus.

About the Company

Altera

FPGA and SoC provider with software

Altera designs and manufactures FPGAs and SoCs, along with software tools for hardware design and deployment. Customers can configure these programmable chips after fabrication to fit specific applications, helping them reach market faster and optimize performance. The company differentiates itself by offering a broad configurable silicon platform and a dedicated design software suite as an independent provider after its separation from Intel. Its goal is to deliver high-performance, adaptable processing solutions for industries like automotive, aerospace, communications, AI, cloud, and edge computing.

Company size
Not listed
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Jose, CA
Founded
1983

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