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RTL Engineer – Physical AI Solutions

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

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About Altera

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About the role

As an RTL Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and verifying high-performance digital logic that powers AI and accelerated computing solutions. You will collaborate with architects, design verification engineers, software teams, and physical design engineers to deliver scalable and efficient hardware solutions targeting advanced FPGA and programmable logic platforms. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field
  • 3+ years of experience in RTL design and digital logic development
  • Strong expertise in Verilog and/or SystemVerilog
  • Solid understanding of computer architecture, digital design fundamentals, and ASIC/FPGA design methodologies
  • Experience with simulation, debugging, and verification tools
  • Experience developing high-performance datapath, control logic, or accelerator architectures
More about this role

Altera is empowering a new era of intelligent computing through programmable silicon solutions that accelerate innovation across cloud, edge, communications, industrial, automotive, and emerging AI applications. Our FPGA and adaptive computing technologies enable customers to build highly flexible, high-performance systems that can evolve with rapidly changing workloads.

We are seeking talented RTL Engineers to help develop next-generation hardware architectures that accelerate Physical AI workloads. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge FPGA and heterogeneous compute solutions that bridge the digital and physical worlds, enabling intelligent robotics, autonomous systems, machine vision, industrial automation, and real-time AI inference.

As an RTL Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and verifying high-performance digital logic that powers AI and accelerated computing solutions. You will collaborate with architects, design verification engineers, software teams, and physical design engineers to deliver scalable and efficient hardware solutions targeting advanced FPGA and programmable logic platforms.

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