Emulation Systems Engineer – Pre-Silicon Validation

The Consensus

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 275,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision packages
Housing subsidy
Relocation support
Wellness benefits
Daily meals at the office
Unlimited compute budget

Job summary

Etched is hiring for a hands-on emulation/SoC engineer in our San Jose office to bring up complex SoCs on emulation platforms and drive pre-silicon validation efforts. You will develop automated flows, collaborate across design, DV, and software teams, and partner with emulation vendors to advance platform capabilities.

You will leverage strong C/C++, Linux development skills and SystemVerilog DPI interfaces to build efficient debug pipelines, hybrid emulation environments, and scalable CI

Qualifications

  • Experience bringing up SoCs on emulation platforms.
  • Strong C/C++ and Linux system development abilities.
  • Proficiency with SystemVerilog and Verilog DPI interfaces.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee SoC bring-up on emulation platforms; diagnose and resolve failing SoC/processor tests.
  • Develop and maintain automated build and regression flows to accelerate pre-silicon validation and software development.
  • Provide support across emulation environments using DPI transactors, coverage analysis, and in-circuit emulation for high-speed protocols.
  • Collaborate with Design, DV, Silicon Validation, Performance, and Software teams; partner with emulation vendors to enhance platform capabilities.
  • Develop high-performance infrastructure to capture debugging signals and surface actionable insights for users.
  • Implement hybrid emulation environments using DPI-based streaming transactors.
  • Create configurable chip-to-chip network models using emulation-efficient primitives.
  • Build and maintain CI pipelines and git-based workflows for regression tracking.

Skills

Emulation platforms
C/C++
Linux development
SystemVerilog/Verilog DPI
Git workflows
Python scripting
Debugging & profiling

Tools

Palladium
Protium
Veloce
ZeBu
HAPS
Verdi
SimVision

Job description

Etched is hiring for a hands-on emulation/SoC engineer in our San Jose office to bring up complex SoCs on emulation platforms and drive pre-silicon validation efforts. You will develop automated flows, collaborate across design, DV, and software teams, and partner with emulation vendors to advance platform capabilities.

You will leverage strong C/C++, Linux development skills and SystemVerilog DPI interfaces to build efficient debug pipelines, hybrid emulation environments, and scalable CI

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