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RTL Design Lead Hardware Engineer

Altera

Office

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Full Time

Job Details:

Job Description:

As a RTL Design Hardware Engineer within the Software Performance and Integration group, you are  expected to work on the RTL underpinning Altera's System-on-Chip integration tool, Platform Designer, FPGA Debug Environment Tools such as SignalTap and System Console.  The goal of this team is to implement powerful embedded hardware systems using a straightforward flow from design creation through debugging and performance optimization. The team is responsible for development of RTL for various soft IPs, including an on-chip Memory Mapped Interconnect ( AXI/APB/AHB/Avalon) , streaming  protocols IPs ( AXI / Avalon ), debug IP such as signaltap, ISSP, ISMCE, bridge and adapter IPs and supporting a full stack of tools which assemble these IPs in interesting and dynamic ways.

As a Hardware Engineer in this position, you will need to be excellent at digital design with expertise in VHDL/Verilog/System Verilog with responsibilities as listed (but not limited to) below:

  • Lead a team of dedicated RTL design Engineers to build soft IPs for Altera FPGAs

  • Coming up with newer versions of on-chip transfer protocols aimed for high speed for our latest FPGA’s using hyperflex architectures

  • Developing new Interconnect topologies to maximize data transfer throughput over long distances

  • Extending support for industry standard Memory Mapped and Streaming protocols

  • Developing robust IP and networks which customers use in mission critical debug environments

  • Work with RTL Design Verification team to review and supervise the verification of the IPs developed

The RTL design engineer will have a direct influence on our customers and the adoption of our products, with tasks including the following:

  • Work closely with developers across software, IP and embedded engineering to ensure we develop design flows that meet our customers' needs

  • Guide IP release content, and serve as a liaison with the support, field, marketing, and product planning organizations

  • Research, define, and validate key customer use cases

  • Create reference RTL designs and regressions tests

  • Use Altera FPGA design tools like our customers to identify usability and productivity problems or missing features

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

  • BS/MS/PhD degree in Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering or equivalent and 10+ years of relevant industry experience

  • Strong understanding and knowledge of digital design/Timing Closure concepts/Fundamentals of Verification/Hardware Debug

  • Strong experience in Verilog and System Verilog

  • Understanding of Computer Architecture/ARM Based Bus Protocols

  • Understanding of other communication protocols will be plus

  • Knowledge of Quartus or Vivado tool flow is a plus

  • Tcl, Perl, and/or Python scripting skills

  • Dedication to customer experience and usability

  • Strong written and oral communication skills

  • Ability to influence across organization boundaries

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (India)

Primary Location:

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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.

RTL Design Lead Hardware Engineer

Office

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Full Time

August 14, 2025

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