Senior ASIC Emulation & Verification Engineer

Amazon Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 213,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an Emulation Engineer to define emulation bring-up environments for ASIC and system-level verification of next-gen modems. You will work with cross-functional teams to bring up IPs in Emulation, write scripts, develop bare-metal code, and create test benches and harnesses for platform-level verification.

The role requires deep ownership, problem-solving, and the ability to collaborate with RTL, verification, and silicon validation teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
• 10+ years of experience in SOC emulation and validation
• Proficiency with HDL languages (Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL)
• Experience with C/C++ and scripting (Python, Tcl, Perl)
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Bare-metal firmware development experience
• Comfort with AI-generated artifacts review

Responsibilities

• Build and bring-up emulation models for complex SOC designs
• Develop and maintain emulation environments and methodologies
• Debug complex hardware issues using emulation platforms
• Develop and maintain C++ based emulation testbench framework
• Create and execute verification test plans
• Interface with RTL, verification and silicon validation engineers to validate designs on emulation platforms
• Enable and partner with software team on software bring-up and root-cause bugs
• Optimize emulation performance and resource utilization
• Document processes, methodologies, and technical specifications

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL

C/C++ programming

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Cadence Palladium

Mentor Veloce

AMBA AXI4 knowledge

Job description

Amazon is seeking an Emulation Engineer to define emulation bring-up environments for ASIC and system-level verification of next-gen modems. You will work with cross-functional teams to bring up IPs in Emulation, write scripts, develop bare-metal code, and create test benches and harnesses for platform-level verification.

The role requires deep ownership, problem-solving, and the ability to collaborate with RTL, verification, and silicon validation teams.