Senior Staff Emulation Engineer

MaxLinear; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

MaxLinear is seeking a highly motivated Senior Staff Emulation Development Engineer to join our engineering team in Singapore. You will drive emulation/FPGA models from RTL designs, and collaborate with architects, RTL designers, verification, software, and validation teams globally to solve complex problems and accelerate product readiness.

You will work with state‑of‑the‑art emulation hardware (HAPS‑80, Palladium) and develop tools that enhance RTL validation, pre/post-silicon validation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical & Electronics/Computer Engineering.
• 8+ years of experience in digital design/verification, emulation/FPGA prototyping, and system validation.
• Strong knowledge of RTL languages (Verilog/VHDL) and emulation tools.
• Experience mapping complex SoC designs to multi-FPGA platforms (e.g., HAPS-80, Palladium).
• Hands-on silicon verification, test plan development, and lab equipment usage.
• Team player with proactive, self-motivated attitude.

Responsibilities

• Create emulation/FPGA models from RTL design using emulation/FPGA synthesis and routing tools.
• Define RTL changes required for emulation/FPGA and develop hardware/software collaterals.
• Test and debug the emulation/FPGA model and enable acceleration of RTL validation and SW development.
• Improve usability by RTL validation and debugging of failing RTL tests on the emulation platform.
• Develop automation aids, flows and scripts to improve emulation efficiency and equipment utilization.

Skills

RTL languages

Emulation/FPGA prototyping

Verilog/VHDL

System validation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical & Electronics/Computer Engineering

Tools

HAPS-80

Palladium

FPGA prototyping boards

Job description

Responsibilities

MaxLinear is looking for a highly motivated Senior Staff Emulation Development Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be at the center of the product development lifecycle, enabling breakthrough SoC designs through cutting‑edge emulation and FPGA technologies. You will work closely with architects, RTL designers, verification engineers, software developers, and validation teams across the globe to solve challenging technical problems that directly influence product success. You will focus on:

• Create emulation/FPGA models from a Register Transfer Level RTL design using emulation/FPGA synthesis, partitioning and routing tools
• Define and document RTL changes required for emulation/FPGA. Develops hardware and software collaterals and integrates it with the emulation/FPGA model
• Test and debug the emulation/FPGA model and collaterals. Defines and develops new capabilities & HW/SW tools to enable acceleration of RTL and improve emulation/FPGA model usability for preSilicon and postSilicon functional validation as well as SW development/validation
• Develop improvements to usability by RTL validation and debugging of failing RTL tests on the emulation platform. Interfaces with and provides guidance to preSilicon Validation teams for optimizing preSilicon validation environments, test suites and methodologies for emulation efficiency
• Develop and apply automation aids, flows and scripts in support of emulation ease of use and improvement of equipment utilization

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master's Degree in Electrical & Electronics/Computer Engineering
• At least 8 years and above of related working experience in digital design/verification, emulation/FPGA prototyping and system validation
• Knowledge of RTL language (e.g. VHDL, Verilog), in-circuit emulation, simulation acceleration and FPGA prototyping
• Familiar with verification/emulation/prototyping tools and methodologies. Real experience of mapping complex SOC design into multi-FPGA platforms/emulators and hands on experience with such systems, e.g. HAPS-80, Palladium or equivalent
• Experience in silicon verification, test plan development and execution
• Experience in system board design/debugging and usage of lab equipment, e.g. oscilloscopes and logic analyzers is an advantage
• Understanding of standard interfaces and bus protocols: PCI/USB/ETH/SPI/I2C/PCIe//SPI/I2C/AXI/AMBA
• Team player, very proactive and self‑motivated

Company Overview

MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio‑frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed‑signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi‑market applications. We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner. MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high‑performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high‑performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long‑haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end‑to‑end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi‑Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs. Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore. We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside‑the‑box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high‑energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.