About this Firmware Development Engineer role at Altera

Altera · Onsite · Jerusalem, Israel

Job Details:

Job Description:

Join Altera Israel as an Experienced Firmware Development Engineer

Altera Israel is growing and looking for a talented Firmware Development Engineer to be a part of our team. If you're passionate about embedded development, signal processing, and high‑speed communication, this role is for you.

About the Role

You will develop firmware for a multi‑protocol high‑speed SERDES (up to 256Gbps), working closely with system, analog, and logic design teams on PHY technologies such as Ethernet, PCIe, OIF, JESD, PON and more...

Responsibilities

Own the development of firmware governing SERDES DSP and analog blocks, ensuring seamless interface management with higher‑level system layers.
Implement and integrate signal‑processing and communication algorithms.
Support PHY bring‑up, debugging, and system‑level validation.
Collaborate with analog, logic design, and system teams to ensure smooth HW‑FW integration.

Qualifications:

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
Strong background in signal processing and communication systems.
4+ years of hands‑on embedded/firmware development (C/C++).

Advantage:

Tensilica / RISC‑V experience.
Knowledge of Verilog.
Experience in multi‑protocol PHY development.

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (Israel)

Primary Location:

Jerusalem, Israel

Additional Locations:

TLV

Posting Statement:

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.

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About Altera 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.