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# EDA Software Engineer

- **Company:** Altera Corporation
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $149,100.0 - $215,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adaptable Database Systems, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Databases, Computer Engineering, Electronic Design Automation, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, Python (Programming Language), Routing, Software Engineering, Static Timing Analysis, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Information Technology, Power Analysis (Cryptography)
- **Published:** September 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/0aaea218-1dc3-4084-8f2f-42789906f414

## About the Role

+ Real passion for software engineering:
 + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, computer engineering or related fields with 6+ years of experience; OR
 + Master's Degree in Computer Science, computer engineering or related fields with 4+ years of experience; OR
 + Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, computer engineering or related fields with 8+ years of experience.
 + Excellent programming skills in C/C++ and Python.
 + Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd

 + Advanced background on algorithms and data structures.
 + Experience developing EDA tools.
 + Exceptional problem-solving skills.
 + Background on graph-based algorithms.
 + Background on HDL design using Verilog, SystemVerilog, and/or VHDL.
 + Experience developing and maintaining internal applications and APIs.
Ways to Earn Extra Points

 + Experience with FPGA architecture and tools.
 + Experience developing FPGA tools.

## Description

We are looking for a seasoned software engineer to help us shape Altera's industry-leading FPGA design software. You will work on initiatives like lightweight yet scalable data models to represent increasingly sophisticated FPGA architectures while maintaining high-performance APIs that power Quartus' state-of-the-art algorithms and data structures.

What You Will Do

As an EDA Software Engineer for the DBIT team, your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

 * Using C++ and Python to specify, implement and maintain software data models to represent FPGA devices.

 * Developing high-performance APIs to streamline the access to FPGA device databases to industry-leading algorithms for synthesis, placement, routing, timing analysis, power analysis, among others.

 * Collaborating with multiple hardware and software teams while bringing the next-generation FPGA devices to Quartus.

 * Developing tools to aid/enhance Altera's FPGA device bring-up processes.


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