Altera

Altera

Design Automation Engineer

San Jose, California, United States · Junior

Sponsorship not specified$95k-$110kDetected 30 days ago
PythonCadenceFPGAElectrical EngineeringLeadership

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Lottery odds (Level II)66
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About the role

  • Accelerating Innovators - Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy to use and deploy, across the cloud to the edge, enabling limitless possibilities for AI.
  • Our broad portfolio includes FPGAs, SoCs, CPLDs, IP, development tools, system-on-modules, SmartNICs and IPUs, offering the flexibility to accelerate innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Help develop and support STA flows
  • Collaborate on timing modeling and methodology improvements
  • Help with designs, develops, tests, and debugs software tools, flows, and methodologies used in design automation and by teams in the design of hardware products, process design, or manufacturing.
  • include capturing user stories/requirements, writing both functional and test code, automating build and deployment, and/or performing unit, integration, and end-to-end testing of the software tools.
  • You will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing STA methodologies, collaborating with design and CAD teams to ensure timing closure and flow robustness.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 1+ years of experience in the following skills:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 1+ years of experience in the following
  • The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Synopsys PrimeTime and Cadence Tempus and strong scripting skills (Python, Tcl, Shell, Perl).
  • Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.*
  • We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.*

Nice to have

  • Experience with Liberty model characterization and STA-tool-based Liberty model extraction
  • Familiarity with Fusion Compiler, Innovus, Cadence Pegasus, and other EDA tools
  • Shift 1 (United States of America)
  • San Jose, California, United States
  • Posting Statement:

Skills

  • 1+ years of experience in Static Timing Analysis
  • 1+ years of experience in Liberty (.lib) model format
  • 1+ years of experience in methodology and flow development experience
  • 1+ years of experience Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL, shell)
  • Our innovation in programmable logic began in 1983.
  • Join us on our journey to becoming the world's #1 FPGA company!

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.
  • $95,000 - $110,000 USD

Company info

  • Since then we've delivered the tools and technologies that empower customers to innovate, differentiate, and succeed in their markets.
  • We are seeking for DA Engineer to join our static timing analysis (STA) team and contribute to flow development and STA tool across advanced digital design projects.
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