Emulation Engineer

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Title: Emulation Engineer

Location: San Jose, CA (On-Site)

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Job Description:

Experienced Emulation Engineers with strong expertise in Palladium/ZeBu hardware emulation to support SoC/IP verification and validation activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain emulation environments using Palladium/ZeBu platforms
• Port RTL/UVM testbenches from simulation to emulation
• Debug SoC/IP level issues in emulation and provide root-cause analysis
• Optimize performance and compile time for large SoC designs
• Integrate transactors, BFMs, and acceleration models
• Work closely with DV, RTL, and software teams for bring-up and validation
• Develop/employ hybrid verification (simulation emulation) flows
• Support pre-silicon software validation and boot flows
• Create scripts for build, run, and regression automation
  
  

Required Skills:

• 3 years in SoC/IP verification with emulation experience
• Strong hands-on experience with palladium/ZeBu emulation platforms
• Good knowledge of System Verilog and UVM
• Experience in simulation-to-emulation bring-up
• Familiarity with SCE-MI / transactor-based acceleration
• Strong debugging skills across RTL, testbench, and firmware
• Knowledge of PCIe/AXI/DDR or similar standard protocols
• Experience with Linux bring-up on emulation is a plus
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in full-chip emulation environments
• Exposure to performance tuning and capacity planning
• Scripting knowledge (Python/Shell/Perl)
• Experience with FPGA prototyping is an added advantage
  
  

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and debugging mindset
• Good communication and cross-team collaboration
• Ability to work in fast-paced project schedules