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Title: Emulation Engineer
Location: San Jose, CA (On-Site)
Duration: Contract (12 Months)
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 SystemVerilog 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