FPGA Board Applications Engineer

Altera Corporation

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Penang 15, Penang, Malaysia Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 18, 2026 Last posted March 18, 2026
Job description

Job Details:

Job Description:

As the FPGA Board Applications Engineer at Altera, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional customer experience to our customers and partners by understanding, anticipating and satisfying their needs, so that we inspire innovation, accelerate customer success and grow revenue.

 

Your key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Identifying and developing board design guidelines and collateral.

  • Collaborates with architects, package design engineers, board design engineers, hardware verification engineers and technical project managers in reviewing board/development kit rollout plan.

  • Representing customer voice in influencing internal teams to continuously improve quality, usability and debuggability of FPGA boards/development kits.

  • Providing best-in-class technical support to resolve board design related issues escalated to Factory.

Qualifications:

  • BS in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering with a minimum of 10 years of experience in semi-conductor industry (including a minimum of 5 years of FPGA board design experience).

  • Ability to work with cross-functional teams to drive technical/strategic discussions and determine necessary solutions.

  • Excellent written/verbal communication skills.

  • Good technical skills in FPGA technologies including EMIF, I/O, PCIe, Ethernet and hard/soft processors is an advantage.

  • EDA tool exposure (Concept HDL, OrCAD, Allegro, Ansys, HyperLynx).

  • Analog & High-speed Digital design Embedded/Telecom/RF domain experience will be an added advantage.

  • Exposure to Thermal & Mechanical design reviews will be an added advantage

  • Experience in engaging/enabling/supporting customers is a strong plus.

Qualifications:

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location:

Penang 15, Penang, Malaysia

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.
About this role

Summary

Designs and supports FPGA boards; collaborates with cross-functional teams and supports customers.

Job title

FPGA Board Applications Engineer

Experience level

10+ years

Industry

semiconductor

Location requirements

Penang, Malaysia; on-site work required

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

FPGAEMIFI/OPCIeEthernethardware verification

Preferred skills

Analog designHigh-speed digital designembedded/telecom/RFThermal & mechanical review

Specializations

FPGAboard designelectronicshigh-speed digitalEMIF
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

George Town, Penang, Malaysia

On-site City