# Companies using Altera

4,396 companies use Altera, based on their job posts and their employees' public profiles. Hiring for it is growing, with 902 job posts naming it from October 2025 to August 2026. Hardware Engineer is the role that names it most often.

Data as of November 9, 2026. Source: Sumble.

## Which companies name Altera in the most job posts?

The companies with the most job posts naming Altera are Apple (217), Raytheon Technologies (194) and Northrop Grumman (81). Raytheon Technologies is the newest of the five companies in the table, with its first job post naming it in June 2023.

| Company | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [Apple](https://sumble.com/orgs/apple) | 217 | 132 | "Good understanding of any Standard Emulator (Palladium, Veloce, Zebu) OR FPGA (Xilinx, Altera) flow" (Emulation Verification Engineer, Aug 17, 2026) |
| [Raytheon Technologies](https://sumble.com/orgs/raytheon) | 194 | 52 | "You will develop FPGA designs for all major vendors and device families including AMD, Altera, and Microchip." (fpga engineer ii, Nov 4, 2026) |
| [Northrop Grumman](https://sumble.com/orgs/northrop-grumman) | 81 | 63 | "…latest FPGA technologies from all major vendors and device families including Xilinx, Altera, and Actel, and support high speed interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) DSP, controls…" (Principal/Sr. Principal FPGA Design Engineer, Oct 22, 2026) |
| [Leidos](https://sumble.com/orgs/leidos) | 72 | 5 | "Working knowledge of software languages Python, C, C++, C# and or firmware languages for Xilinx or Altera devices" (Junior Integration Engineer, Nov 1, 2026) |
| [L3Harris Technologies](https://sumble.com/orgs/l3harris) | 63 | 67 | "Experience with and understanding of Altera or Xilinx / AMD FPGA architectures" (Lead, Electrical Engineering - FPGA Verification Engineer, Sep 22, 2026) |

## Is hiring for Altera growing?

Altera turned up in a growing share of job posts: 0.53 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026, compared with 0.46 from March to May. July 2026 was its highest month since October 2025, at 0.58.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Oct 2025 | 47 | 1,413,673 | 0.33 |
| Nov 2025 | 83 | 1,822,119 | 0.46 |
| Dec 2025 | 57 | 1,236,103 | 0.46 |
| Jan 2026 | 85 | 1,828,002 | 0.46 |
| Feb 2026 | 90 | 1,856,647 | 0.48 |
| Mar 2026 | 72 | 1,850,711 | 0.39 |
| Apr 2026 | 84 | 1,728,886 | 0.49 |
| May 2026 | 91 | 1,821,509 | 0.50 |
| Jun 2026 | 96 | 1,909,496 | 0.50 |
| Jul 2026 | 105 | 1,815,180 | 0.58 |
| Aug 2026 | 92 | 1,835,698 | 0.50 |

## How many companies named Altera in a job post for the first time in recent months?

In the three months to August 2026, 33 companies posted about Altera for the first time. From March to May, 48 did. The 33 from June to August are 3.6% of all 917 companies whose job posts name it.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| March to May 2026 | 48 |
| June to August 2026 | 33 |
| October 2025 to August 2026 | 148 |

Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.

## How do we know which companies use Altera?

3,479 of the 4,396 companies show up because employees list Altera on their profiles; 917 name it in their own job posts. 308 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.

| How we know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name Altera | 917 | 21% |
| Employees' profiles list Altera | 3,479 | 79% |

## What size are the companies that use Altera?

Companies with 50 to 999 employees are the largest group of Altera users, at 42%. 1,110 of its companies have fewer than 50 employees.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| Under 50 employees | 25% | 22% |
| 50 to 999 | 42% | 38% |
| 1,000 to 5,000 | 17% | 17% |
| Over 5,000 | 17% | 23% |

## Where are Altera companies based?

41% of Altera companies are based in the United States, and 5.8% in the United Kingdom. India is third, at 5.1%.

| Country | Companies | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| United States | 1,727 | 41% | 43% |
| United Kingdom | 243 | 5.8% | 6.4% |
| India | 213 | 5.1% | 6.9% |
| Canada | 206 | 4.9% | 3.6% |
| France | 206 | 4.9% | 4.6% |
| Germany | 154 | 3.7% | 4.4% |

## Which teams work with Altera?

R&D teams are the most common home for Altera, at 20 companies, followed by engineering and FPGA.

| Team | Companies |
|---|---:|
| R&D | 20 |
| Engineering | 19 |
| FPGA | 15 |
| Hardware | 6 |
| Hardware engineering | 6 |
| Product development | 6 |

## Which roles mention Altera most?

Hardware Engineer roles make up 51% of the job posts that name Altera. Hardware Engineer posts naming it numbered 129 from March to May 2026 and 144 from June to August.

| Role | Share | Oct 2025 to Aug 2026 | Mar to May 2026 | Jun to Aug 2026 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Hardware Engineer | 51% | 458 | 129 | 144 |
| Electrical Engineer | 5.5% | 50 | 13 | 22 |
| Test Engineer | 5% | 45 | 8 | 6 |
| Firmware Engineer | 4.3% | 39 | 9 | 15 |
| Embedded Engineer | 3.1% | 28 | 6 | 6 |
| Software Engineer | 2.8% | 25 | 4 | 5 |

## Which companies started naming Altera in job posts recently?

46 companies with 50 or more employees picked up Altera in their job posts from April to August 2026. Luxoft leads the new enterprise companies, with 9 job posts from April to August.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| Commercial | [Applied Technical Systems](https://sumble.com/orgs/applied-technical-systems) | 6 |
| Commercial | [Cradlepoint](https://sumble.com/orgs/cradlepoint-part-of-ericsson) | 4 |
| Commercial | [agap2 Germany](https://sumble.com/orgs/agap2-germany) | 4 |
| Commercial | [HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH](https://sumble.com/orgs/highvolt-pruftechnik-dresden) | 3 |
| Commercial | [abra](https://sumble.com/orgs/anagal) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [Liebherr Aerospace and Transportation](https://sumble.com/orgs/liebherr-aerospace-and-transportation) | 3 |
| Mid-market | [Renishaw](https://sumble.com/orgs/renishaw-plc) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory](https://sumble.com/orgs/jet-propulsion-laboratory) | 1 |
| Mid-market | [imec](https://sumble.com/orgs/imec) | 1 |
| Mid-market | [Oesia](https://sumble.com/orgs/oesia) | 1 |
| Enterprise | [Luxoft](https://sumble.com/orgs/luxoft) | 9 |
| Enterprise | [UST](https://sumble.com/orgs/ust-2) | 6 |
| Enterprise | [MBDA](https://sumble.com/orgs/mbda) | 4 |
| Enterprise | [Hyundai MOBIS](https://sumble.com/orgs/hyundai-mobis) | 3 |
| Enterprise | [Solventum](https://sumble.com/orgs/solventumhealth) | 2 |

Companies that named Altera in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.

## What else do Altera companies use?

12% of Altera companies also use Microsemi, against 0.03% of similar companies. Xilinx is 227 times as common as usual, at 75%.

| Tool | Companies | Also name it | Typical | Times as common |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Microsemi | 62 | 12% | 0.03% | 393 times |
| Xilinx | 402 | 75% | 0.33% | 227 times |
| Intel/Altera | 32 | 6% | 0.03% | 219 times |
| Quartus | 180 | 34% | 0.18% | 190 times |
| Questa | 117 | 22% | 0.12% | 177 times |
| Microblaze | 29 | 5.4% | 0.03% | 166 times |
| ModelSim | 157 | 29% | 0.19% | 157 times |
| Petalinux | 55 | 10% | 0.07% | 155 times |

Shares are out of the 535 companies whose job posts name Altera, not counting firms whose job posts name almost every technology.

## About this data

Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.

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