Software Engineering Manager - Graphical User Interface (GUI) at Altera Corporation in San Jose, California, United States
- Company: Altera Corporation
- Location: San Jose, California, United States
- Posted: Sep 22, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: $187K - $270.7 USD
- Experience: 10+ years
Overview
Altera is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead our Graphical User Interface (GUI) development team in San Jose, CA! You will manage a team of engineers building next-generation user interfaces for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools. Your team will directly impact how developers desig…
Job description
- Altera is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead our Graphical User Interface (GUI) development team in San Jose, CA! You will manage a team of engineers building next-generation user interfaces for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools. Your team will directly impact how developers design, optimize, and deploy advanced FPGA technologies.
Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of GUI software engineers.
- Distributed Operations: Coordinate and align engineering efforts across globally distributed engineering teams.
- Product Delivery: Drive the architecture, design, and execution of intuitive, high-performance GUI applications, working with hardware and software development teams across the company.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product management, applications engineering, and core EDA backend teams to deliver seamless workflows.
Requirements
- Education: BS or MS in Electrical Engineering. A PhD is highly preferred.
- 5+ years' Management Experience: Proven track record of leading, mentoring, and managing software engineering teams.
- Global Leadership: Direct experience managing and collaborating with distributed or remote teams.
- EDA Background: 10+ years' experience in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software development. Proven experience with developing highly interactive EDA tools. Thorough understanding of improving user productivity through innovative approaches in GUI design.
- Design Flows: Strong understanding of hardware description languages, synthesis, place-and-route, and ASIC/FPGA design methodologies.
- Technical Expertise: Deep, hands-on experience with C++, Qt, Python, Tcl, and Java.
- Advanced Degree: PhD in Electrical Engineering with a focus on EDA tool development or related fields.
- Productivity Innovation: Demonstrated success in applying innovative, data-driven approaches to optimize complex user workflows.
Skills
Required
- C++
- Qt
- Python
- Tcl
- Java
Benefits
- The pay range below is for Bay Area California 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.
- We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position.
About Altera Corporation
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.