FPGA Development Tools Engineer

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Job Description:

We are seeking a senior engineer to join our Device Modeling & Enablement team. In this role, you will develop and automate tests used to validate FPGA device and simulation models used by Altera Quartus Prime. You’ll drive end-to-end validation flows, build and maintain regression infrastructure, analyze results, and collaborate with design teams to ensure high-quality releases across multiple device families. Ideal candidate has:

- a strong foundation in digital design

- hands on experience with FPGA/ASIC development flows

- solid skill in automation and debug

- a strong focus on quality and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities 

Test Planning and Execution 

• Develop comprehensive test plans for device and simulation model validation across Quartus Prime components. 
• Execute targeted and regression tests across multiple FPGA device families, configurations, and corner cases. 
• Ensure verification coverage aligns with design intent and release quality goals.

Flow and Infrastructure 

• Build and run end-to-end Quartus projects to exercise synthesis, fitting, and simulation signoff on representative designs. 
• Maintain golden reference results; compare and triage deltas in QoR, performance, resource utilization, and warnings/errors. 
• Package and maintain reproducible test kits and reference designs. 

Automation, Tooling, and Modeling 

• Create and maintain automation and modeling tools using C++, Tcl, Python, and bash for test generation, execution, log mining, and results reporting. 

• Develop and maintain C++ device model libraries representing FPGA architecture blocks such as DSP and memory used by synthesis and simulation flows. 

• Integrate tests and model validation into CI pipelines (e.g., Jenkins/GitLab CI), including pass/fail gates and artifact tracking. 

• Develop utilities to parameterize devices, architectural variants, corners, and random seeds for coverage expansion. 

Debug and Quality 

• Analyze failures across synthesis, fitter, and device models; isolate root causes across RTL, constraints, tool behavior, and C++ model implementations. 

• Collaborate with modeling, device, and software teams to validate fixes and prevent regressions. 

• Track and improve key quality metrics (pass rate, coverage, defect density). 

Documentation and Process 

• Author and maintain test plans, runbooks, and user guides for test environments. 
• Contribute to checklists and acceptance criteria for device and model signoff. 
• Help improve validation process for better scalability and repeatability.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications 

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 4-5 year of relevant experience
• Strong foundation in digital design principles: combinational/sequential logic, clocking, resets, pipelining. 
• Experience with FPGA or ASIC flows: RTL (Verilog/SystemVerilog or VHDL), synthesis, static timing analysis, and constraints (SDC). 
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Tcl or Python) and a working foundation in C++ for developing or debugging hardware or device models. 
• Familiarity with Linux development environments and build workflows. 
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret tool logs and timing reports. 
• Effective written communication for documentation and clear defect reporting. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience developing or maintaining C++ libraries for hardware, architectural, or device modeling (e.g., DSP, memory, or timing models). 

• Experience with Altera Quartus Prime (Lite/Standard/Pro), including TimeQuest and basic fitter concepts. 

• Hands-on experience with version control (Git) and CI systems (Jenkins/GitLab CI). 

• Familiarity with device concepts such as speed grades, PVT corners, IO standards, and clocking networks. 

• Basic understanding of timing signoff concepts (clocks, generated clocks, I/O delays, false/multicycle paths). 

• Coursework or projects involving FPGA boards, EDA tools, or regression test environments. 

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