Emulation Systems Engineer - High-Performance Silicon

Waymo; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo’s Compute Team seeks a senior emulation-focused engineer to advance silicon design, validation, and software integration on an emulation platform. You will collaborate across design, verification, and software, building scalable testbenches and tools for post-silicon bring-up.

The role requires hands-on experience with major emulation platforms, SystemVerilog, and scripting in C++, Python, or TCL, with a strong debugging mindset and ability to work in a hybrid schedule across U.S.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5 years of silicon development experience.
• Experience with at least one major hardware emulation platform.
• Experience with SystemVerilog and design verification methodologies.
• Programming and scripting in C++, Python, or TCL.
• Strong debug and problem-solving ability across hardware and software.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Design, Verification, and Software teams to simulate future silicon designs and software on an emulation platform, targeting functional and performance validation and left-shift of software development
• Design, implement, and optimize emulation testbenches, balancing performance and debug capabilities based on user needs and hardware constraints
• Write end-to-end synthesizable transactors to interact with emulated designs through software APIs and C-DPI
• Triage and root-cause failures alongside emulation users, leveraging waveforms, software logging, and custom-built emulation monitors
• Assist with post-silicon bring-up, debug, and characterization
• Build infrastructure to support the emulation user base, including tools for model build, regression, automation, continuous integration, data analysis, and training

Skills

SystemVerilog

Design verification methodologies

C++

Python

TCL

Debugging across hardware/software

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

5 years silicon development experience

Tools

Palladium

Zebu

Veloce

Protium

HAPS

QEMU

VirtualBox

Job description

Waymo’s Compute Team seeks a senior emulation-focused engineer to advance silicon design, validation, and software integration on an emulation platform. You will collaborate across design, verification, and software, building scalable testbenches and tools for post-silicon bring-up.

The role requires hands-on experience with major emulation platforms, SystemVerilog, and scripting in C++, Python, or TCL, with a strong debugging mindset and ability to work in a hybrid schedule across U.S.