Altera Corporation
Type of Positions
Full-Time Entry Level
Positions Available
SOC Design Engineer
Degrees Sought
Bachelor's
Master's
Majors or Schools
Position Descriptions
Altera is looking to build up a brand new design team in Austin, Texas. This
in an opportunity to join one of the most successful companies in the
semiconductor industry at the very beginning of the development of a new
product line.
Job Description
Primary activities include: design using Verilog, logic simulation,
functional verification, and synthesis of digital System-on-Chip (SoC)
logic. Implement RTL modules and work with design team to integrate and
complete functional verification. This includes all phases of the design
from definition, thru implementation and development up to product release
to production. Your responsibilities may include:
- Micro-architecture definition and documentation
- Functional logic, circuit, or physical design definition, documentation,
implementation
- Validation of designs at block or full-chip level by authoring validation
plans, writing focused tests, creating templates defining coverage
strategies, developing and analyzing coverage monitors, creating event
injectors, writing architectural and micro-architectural correctness
checkers, developing BFMs (Bus Functional Model), running functional
simulations, and debugging failures to root cause
Job Requirements
• MSEE or PhD in EE, internship or coop experience preferred
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have ability to work as part of a cross-functional team
• Strong understanding of computer and system architecture and design
concepts
You must also have background in at least two of the following:
- Hardware description languages (Verilog*)
- Programming experience with high level programming languages (example C,
C++)
- Experience with microarchitecture verification and/or design
- Experience with physical design and/or associated tools (example
synthesis, timing closure, etc.)
- Scripting languages (example Perl, shell*, PHP*)
Similar positions may also be available at our corporate office in San Jose,
CA
Company Profile
Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) is the pioneer of programmable logic
solutions, enabling system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost
effectively innovate, differentiate, and win in their markets. Altera offers
FPGAs, SoC FPGAs, CPLDs, and ASICs in combination with software tools,
intellectual property, embedded processors and customer support to provide
high-value programmable solutions to over 13,000 customers worldwide. Altera
was founded in 1983 and had annual revenues in 2010 of US$1.95 billion.
Altera is headquartered in San Jose, California, and employs approximately
2,600 people in 19 countries.
Company Location
Austin, TX
Website
www.altera.com