FPGA IP Solution Design & Verification Engineer
Altera · George Town
Job Details:
Job Description:
As an FPGA IP Solution Design Engineer at Altera, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and verifying high-quality intellectual property (IP) solutions for Altera's leading-edge FPGA devices. This role involves working across the full IP lifecycle, from architectural definition to customer support.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop FPGA logic designs, RTL code, and simulation environments for functional units, IP blocks, subsystems, and reusable libraries.
- Participate in the definition of block architecture and microarchitecture, translating system requirements into implementable FPGA designs.
- Create prototypes, behavioral and RTL models, and system specifications to support feature development and validation.
- Prepare logic diagrams and implement RTL that meets system design and test specifications.
- Develop and deliver software and hardware models that support device-level bring-up, including user-visible functionality, timing, and power behavior.
- Apply RTL implementation techniques to achieve required power, performance, and area targets; partner with physical implementation teams to qualify designs.
- Design, implement, and maintain FPGA verification environments, testbenches, simulations, and regression tests.
- Review verification plans and implementations to ensure design features, corner cases, and requirements are verified correctly.
- Analyze failing RTL tests, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to ensure feature correctness and robust operation.
- Integrate and debug Ethernet MAC, PCS/PMA, and related protocol-stack functionality in FPGA-based platforms.
- Bring up and validate FPGA designs on hardware, including high-speed interfaces, Gigabit transceivers, clocks, resets, and board-level connectivity.
- Use Quartus design, compilation, timing analysis, programming, and debug flows to build, optimize, and troubleshoot FPGA images.
- Perform platform-level debug using FPGA observability tools and lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, signal generators, power supplies, and related test equipment.
- Investigate design, integration, timing, signal-integrity, and system-level issues; drive issues to resolution in collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams.
- Document architectures, design decisions, verification results, bring-up procedures, debug findings, and validation status.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in digital IC design, with a strong focus on FPGA design and development.
- Proficiency in RTL design using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
- Solid understanding of FPGA architectures and design flows (e.g., Altera Quartus Prime, Xilinx Vivado).
- Experience with verification methodologies (e.g., UVM, SystemVerilog Assertions) and simulation tools.
- Familiarity with industry standard protocols (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, AXI).
- Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl, Tcl).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.