Do you enjoy designing with FPGAs? Would you like to be part of passionate and highly talented team of applications engineers working on the next generation technologies that will transform the industry? Altera is leading the way to transform the embedded market with a broad portfolio of FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Array), offering a wide variety of power/performance options!
As an Embedded Applications Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities:
Leading application pre-enabling, product development, and/or product hardening to launch future products and provide customer support.
Enable customers to be ready for the Post-Quatum Cryptography (PQC) future by helping them to secure their devices from these future threats.
Engage as a technical expert or trusted technical advisor to drive Altera value and differentiation in applications requiring system-level security
Utilize deep domain and market segment expertise to research, develop, and prototype software that leverages and drives adoption of Altera product capabilities.
Deliver collateral and training, including competitive/differentiated benchmarks, as well as identify and drive key workloads into product requirements and landing zones for future product design, simulation, projection methods, and tools. Drive product improvements that minimize the need for explicit enabling and maximize scale adoption.
Salary Range
Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.
$128.9K - $186.6K USD
We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM fields and must have 3+ years of experience in:
Embedded software engineering or system design.
Applications-class embedded processors and embedded design.
Preferred Qualifications:
Cryptographic techniques, including authentication and encryption
Device-level security
Side-channel attack mitigation
Secure manufacturing protocols
Applications-class embedded processors and embedded design
FPGA devices, configuration methods and FPGA design software
Debug and troubleshooting skills across processor and FPGA platforms
SW including Boot software (ATF or Uboot), BIOS and drivers
Operating Systems such as Windows, Linux
Hardware/board debug.
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