Silicon Domain Architect

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• Develops end-to-end architecture including development of the target architecture state in silicon domain subsystem and defines the technology roadmap for the same based on hardware features, requirements, and interoperability of hardware and software throughout the product life cycle.
• Drives innovative technologies development for domain subsystems such as security, multimedia, display, camera, audio, sensing, or IO.
• Influences industry standards and supports ecosystem enabling and customers during architecture definition.
• Invents, conceptualizes, and specifies microarchitecture and architectural features for future generations or products to deliver optimized subsystems for high performance computing and extreme low-power products.
• Develops tests, test plans, and testing infrastructure for new architectures/features for subsystems, performs functional modeling simulations, and conducts analysis of test results using advanced statistics and data predictions for benchmarking performance and determining areas for improvement.
• Applies knowledge of domain technologies and translates domain requirements into blueprints for business process, data, infrastructure, applications, or platforms to be configured or created.
• Collaborates with cross functional teams (including driver and firmware) and defines software configuration control requirement for the technology domain.
  

Job Details
Job Description:

• Develops end-to-end architecture including development of the target architecture state in silicon domain subsystem and defines the technology roadmap for the same based on hardware features, requirements, and interoperability of hardware and software throughout the product life cycle.
• Drives innovative technologies development for domain subsystems such as security, multimedia, display, camera, audio, sensing, or IO.
• Influences industry standards and supports ecosystem enabling and customers during architecture definition.
• Invents, conceptualizes, and specifies microarchitecture and architectural features for future generations or products to deliver optimized subsystems for high performance computing and extreme low-power products.
• Develops tests, test plans, and testing infrastructure for new architectures/features for subsystems, performs functional modeling simulations, and conducts analysis of test results using advanced statistics and data predictions for benchmarking performance and determining areas for improvement.
• Applies knowledge of domain technologies and translates domain requirements into blueprints for business process, data, infrastructure, applications, or platforms to be configured or created.
• Collaborates with cross functional teams (including driver and firmware) and defines software configuration control requirement for the technology domain.
  

Specifically as a Configuration Architect at Altera, you will be responsible for the overall configuration architecture for FPGAs. You will be both the thought leader and decision maker for the overall configuration of FPGA devices. This is a broad leadership role within the organization and spans a wide array of topics and technologies from hardware, firmware & security. This role requires experience with and a deep understanding of device configuration architectures, silicon design, firmware architecture and security.
This role requires working cross functionally and the ability to influence cross functional organizations, be able to technically lead a team of senior engineers to define the next generation architecture. You will need to make tradeoffs between hardware and firmware, managing both hardware and firmware flexibility understand customer use models, performance implications of tradeoffs. Experience of working with Network-on-chip IP and processors is a plus.
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.
$230.4k - $270.1k USD
Qualifications
The successful candidate’s minimum qualifications will include the following:

• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Strong understanding of Hardware and Firmware Design, with a minimum of 15+ years of experience in design and architecture
• Experience in configuration architecture for ASIC, CPU or FPGA, FPGA being desired.
• Demonstrable experience working in a complex cross functional environment
• Demonstrable experience in security architectures
  

Job Type
Regular
Shift
Shift 1 (United States of America)
Primary Location:
San Jose, California, United States
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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Semiconductor Manufacturing

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