About Altera
At Altera™, our independence as the world’s largest pure‑play FPGA solutions provider gives us the focus, speed, and agility to innovate without compromise. With more than four decades of industry‑leading FPGA expertise, our singular mission is to deliver the programmable technologies that help customers differentiate, innovate, and scale across rapidly evolving markets like AI, cloud, networking, and edge. As an independent company, we move faster, invest deeper, and partner more closely—empowering our teams to drive breakthrough innovation and shape the future of the FPGA industry.
About the Role
The Altera FPGA Architecture team is looking for a Security Architect/Researcher. The Security Architect works in a dynamic and challenging environment which combines security assurance and the design of new security features. The Security Architect is an essential member of the architecture team who is exposed to every aspect of the FPGA architecture because of the fact that every feature must obtain security approval.
Responsibilities/What will you do?
You will be responsible for, but not limited to:
Development of the latest generation Altera FPGAs.
Define the hardware and firmware components to raise the bar for Intel products with better performance, lower power and cost and improved security.
Security analysis and threat assessment of the entire FPGA architecture. This includes reviewing all new features for potential security impact and resolving potential security issues with the feature owners.
Define new security features that combine hardware, firmware and software components. This may include the development of intellectual property.
Define and document the FPGA security architecture.
Own the architecture step of the Security Design Lifecycle process including presenting the FPGA security architecture to the Altera Security team for approval. Provide consultation to multiple design and validation teams regarding security issues and questions.
Participate in Hackathons to look for potential vulnerabilities in IPs or features. Define security validation requirements and approve validation test plans. Respond to customer requests for urgent features.
Take an active role in resolving security vulnerabilities that are discovered in existing products.
Salary Range
The pay range below is for the Texas market only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.
$161,700 - $231,000 USD
We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.
Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent experience with 8+ years of experience in Security architecture and/or security design or validation OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, or Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent experience with 5+ years of experience in Security architecture and/or security design or validation.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in threat modelling.
Familiarity with crypto algorithms and usages.
Experience in secure development lifecycle.
Regular
Shift 1 (United States of America)
Austin, Texas, United States
San Jose, California, United States
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
Altera: Accelerating Innovators
Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy-to-use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Our end-to-end broad portfolio of products including FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, System on Modules, SmartNICs and IPUs provide the flexibility to accelerate innovation. Altera is helping to shape the future through pioneering innovation that unlocks extraordinary possibilities for everyone on the planet.
