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Senior ICE Emulation Design Engineer

Axiado
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/2/2026

Company Description

Axiado is an AI-enhanced security processor company redefining the control and management of every digital system. The company was founded in 2017, and currently has 150 employees. At Axiado, developing great technology takes more than talent: it takes amazing people who understand collaboration, respect each other, and go the extra mile to achieve exceptional results. It takes people who have the passion and desire to disrupt the status quo, deliver innovation, and change the world. If you have this type of passion, we invite you to apply for this job.

Job Description

The Senior Emulation Design Engineer position is your opportunity to join one of the industry’s leading companies in platform security management and ransomware detection for cloud datacenters, 5G infrastructure and disaggregated compute ecosystems. You will be responsible for converting large, complex SOC designs, including third-party IPs, into emulation-ready environments, enabling system level validation and debugging, software development and performance analysis. This role is critical for validating the interoperability of our design with commercial AI servers, and for bridging the gap between hardware and software, as well as supporting SW development.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partition and synthesize large SOC RTL designs for emulation. Integrate internal and third-party IPs for emulation compatibility, and resolving timing, connectivity and other synthesis issues

  • Setup and validate high-speed (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, USB) and low-speed (e.g., I2C, SPI, UART) interfaces

  • Configure host servers, boot environments to interact with the emulated design

  • Integrate, develop and debug transactors, bridges and protocol adapters as needed

  • Debug and root-cause embedded HW, SW and test failures in emulation

  • Collaborate with RTL, DV and SW teams to resolve system level bugs

  • Performance optimization

Qualifications

  • BS or MS degrees or higher in EE, CE or related fields

  • 7 years of hands-on experience in prototyping, emulation, SOC design and validation

  • Self-driven, good problem solving and communication skills

  • Experience integrating and debugging high-speed and low-speed interfaces

  • Familiarity with embedded software bring-up and bootloader/kernel interactions

  • Proficiency with scripting languages (Python, Perl, TCL) for automation

  • Preferred qualifications include: experience in design verification, hardware/software co-simulation, Linux device drivers, bare-metal FW or boot loaders

Additional Information

Axiado is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining the highest caliber talent in a diverse and multifaceted environment. We are headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, with access to the world's leading research, technology and talent.

We are building an exceptional team to secure every node on the internet. For us, solving real-world problems takes precedence over purely theoretical problems. As a result, we prefer individuals with persistence, intelligence and high curiosity over pedigree alone. Working hard and smart, continuous learning and mutual support are all part of who we are.

Axiado is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Axiado does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Salary : $150,000 - $190,000

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