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
Fpga development workflows
Lead the development of Altera’s flagship FPGA design platform — Quartus, with a dual mandate of delivering world-class front-end EDA tools and reimagining the FPGA development experience in the AI era

Job Summary

  • Lead the development of Altera’s flagship FPGA design platform — Quartus, with a dual mandate of delivering world-class front-end EDA tools and reimagining the FPGA development experience in the AI era.
  • Drive the future of agentic, AI-powered design by defining the vision for AI-assisted design using LLMs and agentic workflows, and building IDE integrations and tooling copilots tailored for FPGA developers.
  • Oversee the full-stack development of Quartus front-end tools, including design entrance, GUI frameworks, IP integration, timing analysis, debug environments, and core infrastructure, while fostering technical excellence and a culture of innovation.

Matching Summary

Lead the development of Altera’s flagship FPGA design platform — Quartus, with a dual mandate of delivering world-class front-end EDA tools and reimagining the FPGA development experience in the AI era.

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
  • FPGA development workflows
  • GUI/IDE frameworks
  • Design data models
  • Toolchain integration

Nice-to-have

  • AI/ML acceleration on FPGAs
  • Agentic AI and LLM copilots
  • Developer-facing AI tools
  • Hardware/software co-design
  • Mentorship and diversity

Key Requirements

  • Proven leadership of 50+ engineers
  • Technical fluency in GUI/IDE frameworks
  • Familiarity with hardware/software co-design
  • Experience with AI/ML acceleration on FPGAs
  • Understanding of agentic AI and LLM copilots
  • Strong communicator and cross-functional collaborator

Work Rights

Not specified

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