Altera

Altera

Product Development Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

Sponsorship not specified$106k-$153kDetected 12 days ago
PythonMATLABData AnalysisFPGAElectrical EngineeringCommunication

About the role

  • As a Product Development Engineer at Altera, you will play a critical role in bringing next-generation FPGA products from development into high-volume manufacturing by driving thermal characterization, system-level validation, and product performance optimization. In this role, you will develop and execute thermal characterization plans to evaluate device performance, reliability, and power behavior across operating temperature ranges, while performing detailed thermal and electrical characterization of FPGA products to correlate silicon measurements against design expectations and simulation models.
  • You will analyze characterization data to identify performance limitations, validate thermal specifications, and drive improvements across silicon design, package technology, cooling solutions, and manufacturing processes. In addition, you will lead the development and execution of System Level Test (SLT) methodologies to establish correlation between manufacturing test results and golden system-level performance, helping close tester-to-system performance gaps and optimize production test guardbands. This is a highly cross-functional role that partners closely with design, test, product engineering, packaging, manufacturing, and reliability teams to ensure Altera's FPGA products meet performance, quality, and manufacturability targets at scale.
  • As a Product Development Engineer at Altera, you will play a critical role in bringing next-generation FPGA products from development into high-volume manufacturing by driving thermal characterization, system-level validation, and product performance optimization.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute thermal characterization plans to evaluate device performance, reliability, and power behavior across operating temperature ranges.
  • Perform thermal and electrical characterization of FPGA products, including correlation of silicon measurements against design and simulation models.
  • Analyze thermal characterization data to identify performance limitations, validate thermal specifications, and drive design, package, cooling, and manufacturing improvements.
  • Develop and execute System Level Test (SLT) methodologies to establish correlation between manufacturing test results and golden system-level performance, driving closure of tester-to-system performance gaps and optimization of production test guardbands.
  • Develop a nd implement DFT str a tegies for FPG A s, including sc a n insertion, BIST (Built-In Self-Test), a nd test compression techniques.
  • Coll a bor a te with RTL design a nd verific a tion te a ms to ensure test a bility fe a tures a re embedded efficiently.
  • Define a nd implement test pl a ns, p a tterns, a nd f a ult mo dels to ensure optim a l test cover a ge a nd yield.
  • Develop a nd m a int a in A TPG ( A utom a tic Test P a ttern Gener a tion), MBIST, a nd o the r m a nuf a cturing test content flows a nd scripts.
  • Perform pre-silicon test p a ttern simul a tion a nd v a lid a tion to ensure test effectiveness prior to t a pe-out.
  • Work with m a nuf a cturing a nd test te a ms to optimize test time, cost, a nd qu a lity.

Requirements

  • Experience with system-level test, production test, or post-silicon validation methodologies, including analyzing test data to improve correlation between manufacturing test results and real system-level performance.
  • We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.
  • Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field with 4+ years of experience in product engineering, silicon validation, product development, or semiconductor characterization.
  • 4+ years of experience with thermal and/or electrical characterization of semiconductor devices, including developing and executing characterization plans, collecting silicon data, and analyzing results across operating conditions.
  • Experience correlating silicon measurements with design expectations, simulation models, or product specifications to validate device performance, power, and reliability behavior.

Nice to have

  • Experience working with FPGA, ASIC, or other complex semiconductor products in a product engineering, validation, or characterization environment.
  • Experience with thermal test methods, temperature chamber testing, and silicon performance characterization across voltage and temperature corners.
  • Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing test flows, SLT, ATE correlation, guardband optimization, or yield/performance analysis.
  • Scripting and data analysis experience using Python, Perl, MATLAB, or similar tools to automate test execution and analyze characterization data.
  • Shift 1 (United States of America)
  • San Jose, California, United States
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Skills

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Compensation

  • The pay range below is for Bay Area California only.
  • 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.
  • $106,200 - $153,000 USD
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