Emulation Lead — Pre-Silicon Validation Platforms

TYLsemi; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 238,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

TYLsemi is seeking a Principal Engineer Emulation Lead to build scalable pre-silicon environments that boot real software and run meaningful workloads for firmware, software, and system validation before tapeout.

You will architect full-chip emulation environments with Palladium/ZeBu/Veloce, drive pre-silicon bring-up, and lead cross-functional verification programs while mentoring engineers to improve observability and product quality.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of ASIC/SoC development with emulation ownership.
• Expertise with Palladium, ZeBu, or Veloce emulation.
• Strong RTL skills in Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Firmware bring-up and system debugging experience.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
• Excellent cross-functional debugging and technical leadership skills.
• Proven track record leading complex verification and emulation programs.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy full-chip, multi-die, and subsystem emulation environments.
• Enable pre-silicon bring-up of boot ROM, firmware, drivers, operating systems, and application workloads.
• Develop scalable emulation methodologies and reusable infrastructure.
• Drive system-level validation, performance analysis, and root-cause debug across RTL, firmware, software, and verification.
• Build automation, CI/CD workflows, regressions, and release processes that scale across engineering teams.
• Partner with architecture, design, verification, firmware, DFT, and post-silicon teams to reduce product risk before tapeout.
• Influence methodology, observability, debugability, and overall silicon readiness.
• Lead complex debug spanning RTL, firmware, software, and hardware platforms.
• Mentor engineers and influence architecture to improve observability, diagnosability, and product quality.

Skills

ASIC/SoC experience

Emulation ownership

RTL Verilog/SystemVerilog

Firmware bring-up

C/C++

Python scripting

Cross-functional leadership

Verification leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Palladium

ZeBu

Veloce

Job description

TYLsemi is seeking a Principal Engineer Emulation Lead to build scalable pre-silicon environments that boot real software and run meaningful workloads for firmware, software, and system validation before tapeout.

You will architect full-chip emulation environments with Palladium/ZeBu/Veloce, drive pre-silicon bring-up, and lead cross-functional verification programs while mentoring engineers to improve observability and product quality.