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Emulation Validation Engineer

Diligent Tec, Inc
San Francisco, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 11/18/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/16/2026
Title: Emulation Validation Engineer



Location: Bay Area, CA (onsite),



Duration: 12 months immediate






Experienced Emulation Engineer of 8 to 10 years, responsible for validating and debugging complex ASIC and IP designs using the Synopsys ZeBu emulation platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in hardware emulation, DV UVM knowledge, a deep understanding of the chip design lifecycle, and strong problem-solving skills to find and fix bugs efficiently.

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Key Responsibilities

• Execute DB test cases: Run functional verification tests on the ZeBu emulation platform to find bugs

• Debug : Actively participate in functional design verification and in debugging failures.

• Collaborate: Coordinate with extended teams to validate and optimize implementation and debug flows.

• Analyze and Troubleshoot: Replicate issues and provide detailed analysis to help design teams quickly identify the root cause of failures.

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Required Skills & Experience (must have)

• 8 to 10 years of total emulation/verification experience, with 2 to 5 years specifically in hardware emulation with Zebu.

• DV Experience: Design verification knowledge and experience with UVM/System Verilog

• Debugging skills with waves and logs

• Experience using zebu platform

• Comfortable with C code implementation and handling

• Proficiency with hardware description languages and methodologies: UVM, SystemVerilog, Verilog, and VHDL.

• A solid understanding of the complete SoC design cycle to effectively debug complex IP and system-level issues.

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Good to have

• Experience with ARM/Xtensa core toolchain

• Scripting (Python)

• Knowledge of key protocols like PCIe, USB, Ethernet, AMBA, UART, JTAG, NOC, LPDDR,and flash memories.

• Familiarity with debug infrastructures like CoreSight/UltraSoC.

• Hands-on experience with bare-metal code for SoC bring-up.

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