Job Details:

Job Description:

Become a member of the largest pure play FPGA company in the world, Altera!  Altera is seeking highly qualified candidates to join our Aerospace Defense and Government division within our larger Programmable Solution Group as an embedded software engineer.

 

Altera’s newly formed Aerospace Defense and Government division is searching for an Embedded Software Engineer to work on Proof of Concept (PoC) design and development to advance novel and exciting solutions to government facing systems leveraging Altera's latest high-performance FPGAs. This role will include technical RnD in a collaborative small team environment, communicating with customers on system requirements, supporting integration into customers systems, and proposing innovative technical solutions.

 

This position may involve work on US Government Contracts and/or proposals for US Government Contracts that limit candidates to be US Citizens only.  Candidates will be required to provide proof of US Citizenship to comply with US government requirements.  Any offer by Altera for this position is conditioned upon satisfying any government requirements regarding proof of citizenship.

Qualifications:

A candidate must possess the minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be considered for this position. Additional preferred qualifications to the minimum requirements will also be considered when identifying top candidates.

Minimum Education Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of work experience or

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of work experience

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Experience inclusive of the following:

• Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming languages.

• Knowledge of networking protocols and socket programming.

• Strong Linux background, including device trees and drivers.

• Hands-on experience with microcontroller programming and debugging.

• Familiarity with hardware interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, and GPIO.

• Proficiency in using debugging tools like GDB, JTAG, and logic analyzers.

• Experience with cross-compilation and toolchains for embedded systems.

• Understanding of memory management and performance optimization in embedded systems.

• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS).

• Proficiency with Yocto or similar build systems for embedded Linux.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Board-level hardware design

• AI experience working with CNNs and inference

• Embedded software (C, C++, Linux)

• Python

• Optional Skills

• Digital Signal Processing.

• Experience with RF communications, RADAR/EW, and/or RF transceiver signal processing chains

• Experience with physical, data link layer implementations

• Experience with hardware bring-up and firmware/IP integration and testing

• Hands-on experience with peripherals such as JESD and USB

• Experience with: MATLAB

• Ability to read and understand hardware schematics and datasheets.

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

New Jersey, United States (Remote)

Additional Locations:

Massachusetts, United States (Remote)

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.