Customer-Facing Emulation & FPGA Prototyping Engineer

Gsme; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Gsme is seeking an experienced Emulation and FPGA Prototyping Engineer to help startup customers migrate simulation‑based designs into emulation and FPGA prototyping hardware environments. You will work across RTL, testbench integration, and regression infrastructure to accelerate pre‑silicon bring‑up.

You will setup flows, debug RTL issues across simulation, emulation, and prototyping and collaborate with design, verification, software, and field teams to deliver scalable solutions for customer

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of hands‑on experience in emulation, FPGA prototyping, RTL design, design verification, or related pre‑silicon validation roles.
• Strong RTL debug skills and the ability to diagnose issues at the Verilog/SystemVerilog level.
• Hands‑on experience with Verilog and SystemVerilog; basic working knowledge of VHDL.
• Comfortable reading, modifying, and debugging basic C code used in test environments, transactors, firmware stubs, or validation flows.
• Proficiency with scripting and automation using languages such as Perl, Python, Tcl, shell scripting, or similar tools.
• Experience setting up or supporting compile flows, build systems, regression infrastructure, and testbench execution environments.
• Familiarity with simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping concepts, including compile, bring‑up, runtime execution, and debug workflows.
• Ability to work in Linux‑based development environments and use standard engineering tools such as revision control, makefiles, logs, waveform viewers, and issue tracking systems.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills, especially in customer‑facing technical engagements.
• Ability to work independently in a fast‑paced startup customer environment while coordinating effectively with internal engineering teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical issues clearly to customers, peers, and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across design, verification, software, field engineering, and customer teams to drive technical closure.
• Strong ownership mindset, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple customer issues, priorities, and deadlines in parallel.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous or fast‑changing environments and proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and next steps.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with startup customers to port simulation-based RTL designs into emulation and FPGA prototyping hardware platforms.
• Set up, customize, and maintain compilation flows for emulation and FPGA prototyping environments.
• Integrate and configure customer testbench environments for hardware‑assisted verification, acceleration, and prototyping use cases.
• Build, automate, and maintain job regression infrastructure to support repeatable compiles, test execution, triage, and reporting.
• Debug RTL‑level issues across simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping environments, including compile failures, functional mismatches, timing‑related issues, and bring‑up problems.
• Collaborate with design, verification, software, and customer engineering teams to identify root causes and drive issues to resolution.
• Create and maintain scripts, utilities, and automation frameworks to improve compile turnaround time, regression throughput, and debug efficiency.
• Support design bring‑up on emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms, including test execution, waveform/debug data analysis, and iterative design fixes.
• Document flows, setup procedures, known issues, and best practices for internal teams and customer users.
• Provide technical guidance to customers on emulation and FPGA prototyping methodology, design readiness, and debug strategies.

Skills

RTL design

RTL debugging

Verilog

SystemVerilog

VHDL (basic)

C programming

scripting

Perl

Python

Tcl

Shell scripting

Makefiles

revision control

waveform viewers

issue tracking systems

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Verilog tooling

SystemVerilog tooling

Linux tools

Job description

Gsme is seeking an experienced Emulation and FPGA Prototyping Engineer to help startup customers migrate simulation‑based designs into emulation and FPGA prototyping hardware environments. You will work across RTL, testbench integration, and regression infrastructure to accelerate pre‑silicon bring‑up.

You will setup flows, debug RTL issues across simulation, emulation, and prototyping and collaborate with design, verification, software, and field teams to deliver scalable solutions for customer