Software Enabling and Optimization Engineer

Altera

Last Updated: 1/5/2026 4:29:23 AM

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Current Days Open
67
Reqs Seen
1
Current Min Salary
$115,100.00 (Yearly)
Current Max Salary
$166,700.00 (Yearly)
Historical Time to Fill
67
First Seen
10/31/2025
Lowest Min Salary Seen
$115,100.00 (Yearly)
1/5/2026
Highest Max Salary Seen
$166,700.00 (Yearly)
1/5/2026

Full Job Description

Job Details: Job Description: 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. Partner with Altera customers, ecosystem software vendors, and/or the opensource community to develop, integrate, test, tune, debug, optimize and differentiate software Engage as a technical expert or trusted technical advisor to drive Altera value and differentiation in or across markets such as Wireline/Wireless, Industrial, Medical, Test and Measurement, Military, and Data Center. Utilize deep domain and market segment expertise to research, develop, and prototype software that leverages and drives adoption of Altera product capabilities. Evangelize software tools and technologies to the ecosystem to enable and support Altera products. 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. Drives product improvements that minimize the need for explicit enabling and maximize scale adoption. Salary Range Our compensation reflects the cost of labor within the US market. 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. $115.1K - $166.7K USD #LI-CG1 We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Qualifications: You must possess the below minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Relevant experience can be obtained through schoolwork, classes, project work, internships, and/or military experience. Additional preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Education: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM fields Minimum Qualifications: Must have 5+ years of experience in: Embedded software engineering or system design. Applications-class embedded processors and embedded design. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with operating systems such as Windows and Linux, real-time operating systems, such as FreeRTOS, Bare Metal, Boot software (ATF and UBoot), and FPGA devices and design software. Hardware/board debug. Job Type: Regular Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America) Primary Location: Austin, Texas, United States Additional Locations: San Jose, California, United States Posting Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance. About Altera Altera: Accelerating Innovators Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy-to-use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Our end-to-end broad portfolio of products including FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, System on Modules, SmartNICs and IPUs provide the flexibility to accelerate innovation. Altera is helping to shape the future through pioneering innovation that unlocks extraordinary possibilities for everyone on the planet. Don't see the dream job you are looking for? Click "Get Started" below to drop off your contact information and resume and we will reach out to you if we find the perfect fit.

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