Emulation & Prototyping Manager

SkyeChip Berhad; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Career growth

Competitive compensation

Job summary

SkyeChip Berhad in Penang, Malaysia, seeks an experienced Emulation & Prototyping Manager to lead the emulation team across IP, SoC, and system-level programs.

You will define strategies, manage projects, mentor engineers, and drive pre-silicon validation and software bring-up using leading emulation and prototyping platforms.

The role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and a passion for innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field
• 10+ years in emulation, FPGA prototyping, hardware acceleration, or SoC verification
• 3+ years of engineering leadership or people management experience
• Strong expertise with Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, Siemens/Mentor Veloce, or equivalent platforms
• Solid understanding of RTL design, SystemVerilog, Verilog, UVM, and SoC integration
• Experience managing complex projects and geographically distributed teams
• Strong project management, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
• Proficiency in automation and scripting (Python, TCL, Perl, Shell)

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow emulation/prototyping team.
• Manage resource planning, staffing, performance management, and career development.
• Establish engineering best practices, methodologies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Define and drive emulation/prototyping strategies for IP and SoC programs.
• Provide technical guidance on platform architecture, RTL partitioning, acceleration methodologies, and debug.
• Evaluate and deploy industry-leading emulation/prototyping technologies and infrastructure.
• Drive execution of multiple emulation projects to meet quality, schedule, and budget objectives.
• Manage project planning, effort estimation, risk assessment, and resource allocation.
• Track project progress and provide regular status updates to management and stakeholders.
• Partner with architects, RTL, DV, firmware, and software teams to enable pre-silicon validation and software bring-up.

Skills

10+ years emulation

Leadership experience

Emulation platforms

RTL design/SystemVerilog/UVM

Distributed teams

PM skills

Scripting: Python/TCL/Perl/Shell

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related

Tools

Cadence Palladium

Synopsys ZeBu

Mentor Veloce

Job description

Job Type: Full-time

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Emulation & Prototyping Manager to lead the emulation team supporting IP, SoC, and system-level development programs. The role is responsible for defining emulation strategies, managing project execution, developing engineering talent, and driving successful pre-silicon validation and software enablement using industry-leading emulation and prototyping platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing emulation/prototyping team.
• Manage resource planning, staffing, performance management, and career development.
• Establish engineering best practices, methodologies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Define and drive emulation/prototyping strategies for IP and SoC programs.
• Provide technical guidance on platform architecture, RTL partitioning, acceleration methodologies, and debug.
• Evaluate and deploy industry-leading emulation/prototyping technologies and infrastructure.
• Drive execution of multiple emulation projects to meet quality, schedule, and budget objectives.
• Manage project planning, effort estimation, risk assessment, and resource allocation.
• Track project progress and provide regular status updates to management and stakeholders.
• Partner with architects, RTL, DV, firmware, and software teams to enable pre-silicon validation and software bring-up.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in emulation, FPGA prototyping, hardware acceleration, or SoC verification.
• 3+ years of engineering leadership or people management experience.
• Strong expertise with Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, Siemens/Mentor Veloce, or equivalent platforms.
• Solid understanding of RTL design, SystemVerilog, Verilog, UVM, and SoC integration.
• Experience managing complex projects and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong project management, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting (Python, TCL, Perl, Shell).

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About SkyeChip

We set our eyes to be a global IC company powered by Malaysian talents, focusing on delivering cutting edge IPs and ASIC solutions to accelerate AI Deep Learning and High-Performance Computing systems.

We are looking for high aiming IC design engineers to join us and seize the golden startup opportunity. We have a high growth market and keen customers waiting for our technology solutions. We value innovation, different perspectives, ideas, and we are committed to help you reach your full potential.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, generous stock options to share the company's success and unlimited career advancement opportunities! With Skyechip, the sky is the limit.

About SkyeChip

We set our eyes to be a global IC company powered by Malaysian talents, focusing on delivering cutting edge IPs and ASIC solutions to accelerate AI Deep Learning and High-Performance Computing systems.

We are looking for high aiming IC design engineers to join us and seize the golden startup opportunity. We have a high growth market and keen customers waiting for our technology solutions. We value innovation, different perspectives, ideas, and we are committed to help you reach your full potential.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, generous stock options to share the company's success and unlimited career advancement opportunities! With Skyechip, the sky is the limit.