FPGA IP Software Design Engineer

About Altera

At Altera™, our independence as the world’s largest pure‑play FPGA solutions provider gives us the focus, speed, and agility to innovate without compromise. With more than four decades of industry‑leading FPGA expertise, our singular mission is to deliver the programmable technologies that help customers differentiate, innovate, and scale across rapidly evolving markets like AI, cloud, networking, and edge. As an independent company, we move faster, invest deeper, and partner more closely—empowering our teams to drive breakthrough innovation and shape the future of the FPGA industry.

About the Role

Altera's NoC functional team develops comprehensive solutions to provide customers easy and efficient access to the capabilities of Altera's FPGA devices. These solutions are provided as highly configurable intellectual property IP cores that are fully integrated with Altera's software CAD tool, Quartus Prime.

We build IP cores to enable the use of a high speed NoC used to communicate between core fabric and peripheral components such as memory, PCIe and the hard processor system. These IP cores provide configurable access to the high-speed, high-bandwidth interconnect that is used by most customers that require some form of packet processing, storage or buffering, and thus, these IP cores become a critical component of most electronic systems.

The constantly rising speed and complexity of memory devices, chip-to-chip, and transceiver interfaces presents a challenging design problem that requires system level knowledge of silicon, software, IP, and customer applications.

As an IP Design Engineer , you will work with a team of engineers to develop and verify state-of-the-art NoC IP cores. You will be working on advanced device architectures, design definition, implementation, and verification. You will also be developing design examples and simulation models, accompanied by a rich set of technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Architecture and Design and RTL development based on specifications
• Device support and CAD tool integration
• Verification (e.g. verification IP, methodologies, frameworks, bus functional models, regression tests)
• Hardware power-on and debug
• New product release and rollout support
• Customer technical support

The candidate should possess the following behavioral traits:

• Strong skills in communication, initiative, innovation, and teamwork
• Highly motivated to learn and adapt to fast-changing technologies and environments
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrate fundamental values such as accountability, integrity, and a winning mindset
• Collaborative mindset, strong influencing skills, and a willingness to work across geographical locations.

Salary Range

Our compensation is designed to reflect the Canadian labour market. The actual salary offered may vary based on several factors, including the position’s location, as well as the candidate’s experience, skills, training, and job-specific knowledge. In addition to base salary, we offer performance-based incentive opportunities that reward both individual contributions and overall company success.

Estimated Salary Range: $98,900 - $143,000 CAD

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. Canadian work experience is not required for this role. Applicants must be eligible for any required Canada export authorizations.

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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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Engineering Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• 4+ years of experience in Digital logic hardware (e.g. SystemVerilog, Verilog and/or VHDL) design or verification
• 4+ years of experience in Software programming or scripting (e.g. C/C++ and/or Python)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6+ year of experience with IP Integration, RTL Design, SystemVerilog, Verilog and/or VHDL
• 6+ year of experience with software programming and/or scripting languages (e.g. C/C++ and/or Python)
• FPGA design experience
• Experience with RTL simulation, timing closure, STA
• Experience with Memory Interfaces, Network-on-Chip, High-speed ADC/DAC, or Transceiver Protocols (e.g. Ethernet, PCIe)

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (Canada)

Primary Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Additional Locations:

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.