Hardware Emulation Engineer: Pre-Silicon Validation

Match Point Solutions; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

MatchPoint Solutions seeks a Hardware Emulation Engineer in Menlo Park to drive pre-silicon validation for data center and AI infrastructure.

You will build and maintain emulation platforms, integrate RTL, optimize performance, and collaborate with design, verification, and software teams to accelerate silicon bring-up.

Requires 5+ years in hardware verification or emulation and hands-on experience with Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, or Siemens Veloce.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering.
• 5+ years in hardware verification or emulation.
• Hands-on with Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, or Siemens Veloce.
• Proficiency with Verilog/SystemVerilog HDL.
• Strong scripting in Python/Perl/Shell.
• Experience with UVM/SVA is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain pre-silicon emulation platforms using Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, or Siemens Veloce.
• Integrate RTL onto emulation platforms, ensuring synthesizability and optimizing build efficiency.
• Work with design, verification and SW teams to maximize emulation effectiveness.
• Develop automation scripts and flows using Python, Perl, and shell scripting.
• Interface with platform vendors to debug and resolve tool issues.
• Collaborate across teams to accelerate bug-finding in pre-silicon.

Skills

HDL Verilog

SystemVerilog

SoC architectures

UVM/SVA

Python scripting

Debugging tools (Verdi/SimVision)

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence Palladium

Synopsys ZeBu

Siemens Veloce

Job description

MatchPoint Solutions seeks a Hardware Emulation Engineer in Menlo Park to drive pre-silicon validation for data center and AI infrastructure.

You will build and maintain emulation platforms, integrate RTL, optimize performance, and collaborate with design, verification, and software teams to accelerate silicon bring-up.

Requires 5+ years in hardware verification or emulation and hands-on experience with Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, or Siemens Veloce.