Senior Director, Silicon Hardware Engineering - Boards, Packaging, & Reliability

San Jose, California, United States💼 Full-time💰 $231,500–$231,500🗓 2026-09-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead global silicon hardware engineering for chip package development, board hardware, and power/reliability to deliver high-performance FPGA solutions.

Role type

Senior Director, Silicon Hardware Engineering (IC/Board/Reliability)

Builds

Advanced semiconductor packages, board-level hardware, and reliable silicon power solutions for FPGA products

Domain

Semiconductor / FPGA / Hardware Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Advanced packaging (2.5D/3D IC, flip-chip), board hardware design, signal integrity (SI), power integrity (PI), OSAT management, silicon design methodologies, vendor management, program execution

Preferred skills

Master's degree in EE/CE, 15+ years semiconductor experience, 5+ years senior leadership

Technologies

Ansys SIwave, Cadence Sigrity, HyperLynx

Responsibilities

Define technical strategy for package/board/power functions; lead distributed global teams; manage multi-vendor supply chain; drive cost reduction and program delivery; align cross-functional hardware development

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC leadership

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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 including AI, cloud, networking, communications, automotive, and edge computing. As an independent company, we move faster, invest deeper, and partner more closely—empowering our teams to drive breakthrough innovation and shape