Senior Director / Vice President Of Software Engineering – Front-end Design Tools & Ai Acceleration (eda + Agentic Ai)

Altera

San Jose, California, United States
Base: $221.5k - $326.3k usd; bonus/equity: incenti...
Leadership of large-scale engineering teams
Deep understanding of eda tools and fpga workflows
Technical fluency in gui/ide frameworks
This role leads the transformation toward intelligent, AI-powered design environments for Altera's flagship Quartus platform

Job Summary

  • This role leads the transformation toward intelligent, AI-powered design environments for Altera's flagship Quartus platform.
  • The successful candidate will oversee a diverse team of over 100 engineers responsible for full-stack front-end tool development.
  • Key responsibilities include integrating AI-specific IPs and ensuring the design environment supports custom dataflow and ML model mapping.

Matching Summary

This role leads the transformation toward intelligent, AI-powered design environments for Altera's flagship Quartus platform.

Salary

Base: $221.5K - $326.3K USD; Bonus/Equity: Incentive opportunities based on performance; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Leadership of large-scale engineering teams
  • Deep understanding of EDA tools and FPGA workflows
  • Technical fluency in GUI/IDE frameworks
  • Experience with AI/ML acceleration on FPGA platforms
  • Knowledge of agentic AI and LLM copilots

Nice-to-have

  • Familiarity with GitHub Copilot or Cursor
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Commitment to mentorship and diversity
  • Ability to translate innovation into production tools

Key Requirements

  • Proven leadership of 50+ engineer teams
  • Deep understanding of hardware/software co-design
  • Experience with design data models and toolchain integration

Work Rights

Not specified

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