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Firmware Developer

Altera · San Jose, California, United States · On-site

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About Altera

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About the role

As a firmware engineer, your responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Review the product and hardware specifications, and write the firmware design specifications.

What they're looking for

  • BS degree or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent and:
  • 5+ years C/C++ programming experience
  • Strong proficiency in C/C++, assembly, and debugging tools
  • Strong system-level debug skills
  • Good understanding and extensive experience with RTOS, device driver development
  • Good understanding of CPU architecture
More about this role

Altera is one of the world's leading providers of programmable solutions. With a renewed focus on agility, software-first, and AI-driven solutions, Altera is shaping the future of computing by providing flexible technology, empowering innovators with scalable products, from high-performance to power- and cost-optimized devices for cloud, network, and edge applications. Join us in our journey to becoming the #1 FPGA provider in the world as we redefine the next era of programmable innovations!

The US Firmware Organization is looking for fresh faces to join our dynamic, versatile, supportive, fun, and rewarding team to solve the most challenging system and firmware problems, and to grow with us together. You will research, design, develop, and optimize firmware that enable the use of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). It will includes the configuration feature aspect of the FPGA and also security feature aspect of the device.

As a firmware engineer, your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Review the product and hardware specifications, and write the firmware design specifications.

Use C and C++ to implement the configuration and security features of the FPGA...

Read the full posting on Altera's site ↗

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