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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 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

Altera is seeking an ADG (Aerospace, Defense, and Government) Functional Safety Manager to lead customer-facing & cross-functional safety engagements focused on programmable logic and adaptive compute platforms in the Aerospace, Defense and Government (ADG) market implementing mission-critical and long-life systems.

This role is responsible for ensuring that all safety and certification objectives in DO-254 (Hardware), DO-178C (Software where applicable), and AC 20-152A (Complex COTS/Custom Microcoded Components) are achieved throughout the program lifecycle.  

This role focuses on helping defense contractors and aerospace partners with collaterals to enable DO-254, DO-178C, AC 20-152A certifications for Design Assurance Level (DAL) A - D type applications.  

Key Responsibilities 

Safety Manager (ADG Focus) 

• Lead Functional Safety program (ADG focus) execution for enablement of customer design wins. 

• Oversee software (microcode) safety and certification efforts aligned with RTCA DO‑178C. 

• Manage compliance with AC 20‑152A for FPGAs 

• Develop and decompose safety requirements with full bidirectional traceability. 

• Drive execution of hardware safety analyses (FMEA, FMECA, FMEDA, FTA, CCA, DFA, FFI). 

• Ensure verification meets DO‑254 and DO‑178C objectives. 

• Experience supporting aerospace, defense, or government programs 

• Experience working directly with customers in a technical or advisory capacity. 

• Release & Maintain ADG safety package for ADG customers 

• Oversee tool assessment and qualification per DO‑330. 

• Mentor engineering teams on safety and design assurance to ADG requirements 

• Translate customer use cases, mission requirements, regulatory requirements, and safety analyses into clear FPGA safety collateral deliverables part of Product Lifecycle Management. 

• Support engagements involving sensitive or controlled program constraints 

• Engage with senior technical and business stakeholders, including architects, safety teams, and executives

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Provide customer-driven feedback into Altera’s FPGA product safety roadma