Emulation Engineer

Responsibilities 

• Develop and deliver emulation models from RTL using synthesis, partitioning, and routing tools.
• Plan and execute simulation acceleration, emulation, and prototyping activities aligned with project milestones.
• Design and implement high-performance transactors and emulation testbenches using SystemVerilog and C/C++/DPI.
• Drive emulation methodologies for hardware verification and software/firmware development.
• Build system-level use cases for execution on emulators and support platform bring-up.
• Analyze emulation results, identify performance regressions, and triage issues.
• Conduct power measurements and performance evaluations on emulation platforms.
• Maintain and enhance emulation CI infrastructure to support autonomous performance exploration.
• Collaborate with vendors to debug issues and deploy new emulation capabilities.
• Interface with design, validation, and software teams to optimize emulation environments and workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with a minimum of 7+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Strong background in ASIC logic/RTL design and emulation model development.

Required Skills

• Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog, C/C++, Python, and Unix Shell scripting.
• Experience with emulation platforms such as Palladium, Veloce, Zebu, or FPGA prototyping.
• Familiarity with emulation tools and methodologies including BFMs, transactors, and hybrid environments.
• Ability to debug hardware issues using waveforms, logs, and trace dumps.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI) for automation and integration.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in building workloads for pre-silicon environments.
• Knowledge of emulation performance optimization techniques.
• Exposure to system-level use case development and power/performance analysis.
• Experience with computer networking protocols such as Ethernet.
• Experience with network test equipment such as Ixia/Spirent traffic generators.