Full-Time

Transceiver & Protocol IP Applications Engineer

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Altera Corporation

Altera Corporation

Compensation Overview

$128.9k - $186.6k/yr

+ Incentive Opportunities

Senior

San Jose, CA, USA

Category
Embedded Systems Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Telecommunications Engineering
Required Skills
Verilog
Python
Perl
VHDL
C/C++
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
  • 5+ years of Programming experience (ex: VHDL, Verilog, C++, Perl, Python or TCL)
Responsibilities
  • Generate bring up of designs for Transceivers, Ethernet 10G to 400G, 5G IPs (CPRI, eCPRI, ORAN, FEC IPs, etc.)
  • Demonstrate protocol IP use models and performance to customers
  • Create collaterals including protocol IP user guides, reference designs and technology demonstrations
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams on issue resolution, protocol validation, and providing feedback on protocol IPs quality and customer experience.
Desired Qualifications
  • 10+ years of Programming experience (ex: VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog, C++, Perl, Python or TCL)
  • High speed protocol (Ethernet, CPRI, etc.) exposure
  • Experience designing with FPGAs
  • Circuit Design / Digital Logic
  • Business principles (sales and marketing)
  • Master's or advanced degree

Company Size

N/A

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$16.7B

Headquarters

San Jose, California

Founded

1983

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Growing demand for low-power FPGAs boosts Altera's market position.
  • Silver Lake's investment enhances Altera's R&D capabilities.
  • Spin-out from Intel allows Altera to focus on agile strategies.

What critics are saying

  • Competition from Xilinx threatens Altera's market share.
  • Geopolitical tensions may disrupt semiconductor supply chains.
  • Global semiconductor shortage could impact Agilex 3 production.

What makes Altera Corporation unique

  • Altera's Agilex 3 chips offer 1.9x higher performance with 38% lower power.
  • Altera University program fosters FPGA skills among new engineers.
  • Strategic partnership with Mistral enhances Altera's aerospace and defense presence.

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Company News

Reuters
Apr 14th, 2025
Intel to sell majority stake in Altera for $4.46 billion to fund revival effort

Intel has agreed to sell a 51% stake in its Altera programmable chip business to buyout firm Silver Lake for $4.46 billion, in the first major move by new CEO Lip-Bu Tan to revive the struggling American chipmaker.

Edge AI and Vision Alliance
Apr 14th, 2025
Intel Announces Strategic Investment by Silver Lake in Altera

Raghib Hussain appointed chief executive officer of Altera.

EPT
Apr 10th, 2025
Altera launches university program to deliver industry-ready FPGA skills

Altera Corp., a leader in FPGA innovations, has launched Altera University, a program designed to affordably and easily introduce students to the world of FPGAs and digital logic programming tools.

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Mar 12th, 2025
Altera launches Agilex 3 chips for low-power applications - DCD

Altera launches Agilex 3 chips for low-power applications - DCD.

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Mar 11th, 2025
Embedded World 2025: Altera Releases New FPGAs for Smart Edge Devices

Embedded World 2025: Altera releases new FPGAs for smart edge devices.