ASIC Emulation & Verification Engineer on Palladium

AnySilicon; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Anysilicon in San Jose, CA is seeking an experienced ASIC Emulation and Verification Engineer to bridge simulation and hardware acceleration. You will bring up complex ASIC IP/SoC designs on Cadence Palladium, convert RTL to emulation-ready models, and run high-speed hardware-accelerated validation.

Responsibilities include mapping RTL onto Palladium, debugging, and collaborating with firmware teams for early bring-up.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with minimum 8 years hardware description or verification experience.
• Master’s degree with minimum 6 years relevant experience.
• Experience with SystemVerilog and UVM preferred.

Responsibilities

• Map RTL databases onto Cadence Palladium hardware acceleration systems.
• Resolve compilation errors and manage clocking/memory overrides for full-chip and subsystem emulation models.
• Collaborate with firmware teams to accelerate early firmware bring-up on Palladium.
• Provide hardware models and configure virtual debuggers for bootloaders and drivers.
• Perform pre-silicon verification tasks using SystemVerilog and UVM, including test cases and debugging RTL issues.
• Diagnose hardware and environment issues on Palladium using advanced debugging features.
• Build and maintain automated scripts for compiling RTL databases and Palladium regressions.

Skills

SystemVerilog

UVM

Python

Automation

AMBA protocols

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master’s Degree in related field

Tools

Cadence Palladium

Job description

Anysilicon in San Jose, CA is seeking an experienced ASIC Emulation and Verification Engineer to bridge simulation and hardware acceleration. You will bring up complex ASIC IP/SoC designs on Cadence Palladium, convert RTL to emulation-ready models, and run high-speed hardware-accelerated validation.

Responsibilities include mapping RTL onto Palladium, debugging, and collaborating with firmware teams for early bring-up.