Senior ASIC Emulation Engineer for Space-Grade Systems

K2 Space Corporation; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

Parental Leave

Job summary

K2 Space Corporation in the United States seeks a Senior ASIC Emulation Engineer to lead bring-up, deployment, and optimization of pre-silicon emulation platforms, collaborating with architecture, RTL, DV, firmware, and physical design teams.

This hands-on role offers high ownership to shape first-generation silicon and system methodology, with ownership of emulation models, transactors, and automation, advancing verification cycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years in ASIC/SoC development with emulation focus.
• Strong SystemVerilog, RTL, DV methodologies, and lifecycle understanding.
• Hands-on with Palladium, ZeBu, Veloce, including model build and debugging.
• Scripting skills in Python, Perl, TCL for automation.
• Experience with ABP/AHB/AXI, JTAG, SPI buses; cross-functional debugging.

Responsibilities

• Build, integrate, and maintain full-chip, multi-chips and system-level emulation models on platforms such as Palladium, ZeBu, or Veloce.
• Define and evolve emulation strategy, methodology, and workflows across the ASIC organization.
• Work with RTL engineers to compile, map, and optimize designs for emulation performance, capacity, and stability.
• Develop and integrate transactors, BFMs, speed adapters, and virtualization interfaces for diverse use cases.
• Support system-level testing in emulation by enabling full hardware/software integration and validating workloads.
• Accelerate verification throughput by helping DV team run targeted, high-value tests in emulation and optimize flows.
• Enable firmware, bootloader, driver, and software teams by providing robust emulation platforms.
• Run emulation workloads, triage failures, perform root-cause analysis, and collaborate to resolve issues.
• Maintain and enhance automation for compile flows, regression management, and CI.
• Participate in architecture reviews, microarchitecture discussions, and emulation best practices.
• Support silicon bring-up and post-silicon validation through tests and correlation.
• Manage interactions with external IP providers or emulation partners.

Skills

SystemVerilog

Digital Logic

RTL Flows

DV Methodologies

Automation Scripting

C/C++ Testing

Embedded Interfaces

Bus Protocols

JTAG/SPI

Cross-functional Debug

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Palladium

ZeBu

Veloce

Job description

K2 Space Corporation in the United States seeks a Senior ASIC Emulation Engineer to lead bring-up, deployment, and optimization of pre-silicon emulation platforms, collaborating with architecture, RTL, DV, firmware, and physical design teams.

This hands-on role offers high ownership to shape first-generation silicon and system methodology, with ownership of emulation models, transactors, and automation, advancing verification cycles.