Director, Planning System Architect

Job Description

In Q4 2023, Intel announced Altera will be reported as a separate business unit beginning on January 1, 2024 with ongoing support from Intel. This position is associated to that standalone business strategy and is expected to fully transition to a standalone company at some time in the future.

The Planning System Architect is an industry-specific subject matter expert who splits their time between customer engagements and core Product Planning teams responsible for Silicon, Tools, and IP at Altera. This critical role involves two key functions. First, the Planning System Architect will work with Sales and key customers to develop winning value propositions and architecture proposals for customers using Altera devices. Second, the Planning System Architect will take key learnings and technology trends back into Altera's Planning and Architecture core teams to improve future product definition.

The successful candidate will need to navigate complex customer architectures, trading off performance, sizing, and power to optimally tune the FPGA design to customer platforms. Additionally, the successful candidate will need to articulate the learnings from those customers engagements to core planning teams to ensure future products will enable emerging technologies as they materialize.

At Altera, we strive to ensure that our FPGA families service the entirety of the FPGA market by providing versatile silicon platforms, diverse IP portfolio, and a robust software tool suite. The Planning System Architect role is critical to ensure we're building the right products while Altera emerges as the largest remaining independent FPGA company in the world.

We are hiring subject matter experts from the following areas:
- Data Center: Storage Offload and Misc. Acceleration
- Data Center: Smart NIC
- Edge AI: Neural networks for inline low latency data processing
- Industrial: Automation, Motor control, synchronization
- Test and Measurement: Protocol Testers and Manufacturing Testers
- Video: Broadcast, Camera's, Codecs, Compression
- Aerospace and Defense: Radar, EW, LEO applications
- Wired: Transport, Switching, Traffic Management, Security
- Wireless: Radio
- Wireless: Baseband
You are required to be on-site for this role.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of FPGA design, Architecture, or FAE experience in FPGA.
• 5+ years in the industry of your SME (ex. Wired Networking, Industrial Automation etc.).
• 2+ years of direct people management experience
• Proven customer engagement skills. This role requires you to win over key Tier-1 customer architects by gaining their trust and respect.
• Proven experience to orchestrate cross-functional team management and leadership.
• Ability to trade off features, schedules, business impact across silicon, IP and SW.
• Business acumen - understands business and technical challenges and landscape, strong technical acumen with background on vertical markets and FPGA solutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills - can bring difficult discussions to the table and arbitrate different viewpoints effectively, not afraid to speak up to ensure success of program and call out dysfunction.
• Presence and Communications - can create and facilitate engagement and dialogue and open communication in stressful situations, can communicate goals and plans to e-staff and critical project stakeholders.
• Some customer travel required. Roughly 1-2 months per year.

Inside this Business Group

The Programmable Solutions Group (PSG) was formed from the acquisition of Altera. As part of Intel, PSG will create market-leading programmable logic devices that deliver a wider range of capabilities than customers experience today. Combining Altera's industry-leading FPGA technology and customer support with Intel's world-class semiconductor manufacturing capabilities will enable customers to create the next generation of electronic systems with unmatched performance and power efficiency. PSG takes pride in creating an energetic and dynamic work environment that is driven by ingenuity and innovation. We believe the growth and success of our group is directly linked to the growth and satisfaction of our employees. That is why PSG is committed to a work environment that is flexible and collaborative, and allows our employees to reach their full potential.

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.

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here.



Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US $225,175.00-$359,585.00
*Salary range dependent on a number of factors including location and experience

Working Model

This role will require an on-site presence.

Position of Trust
This role is a Position of Trust. Should you accept this position, you must consent to and pass an extended Background Investigation, which includes (subject to country law), extended education, SEC sanctions, and additional criminal and civil checks. For internals, this investigation may or may not be completed prior to starting the position. For additional questions, please contact your Recruiter.