Senior ASIC Validation & Emulation Engineer

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Infrastructure Silicon organization seeks an experienced Silicon Validation Engineer to join our team in Menlo Park. You will work across the full silicon lifecycle, from pre-silicon design input and FPGA emulation to post-silicon bring-up and deployment in production fleets.

You will define validation strategies and drive emulation bring-up. The role requires hands-on experience with RTL, emulation platforms, and software tooling; you will build automation, debug complex

Qualifications

• Requires 6+ years in ASIC/SoC development cycles with pre-silicon and/or post-silicon validation.
• Experience debugging hardware–software interactions using waveform viewers, logic analyzers, and hardware debug probes.
• Proficiency in Python/C++ automation scripts for validation.
• Familiar with RTL partitioning, emulation, and post-silicon validation.

Responsibilities

• Validate silicon across full lifecycle from pre-silicon input to post-silicon fleet deployment.
• Develop and maintain emulation infrastructure and FPGA-based platforms.
• Partition RTL onto emulation platforms optimizing timing and debug visibility.
• Create and maintain automation for validation workflows and diagnostics.
• Collaborate with RTL design, verification, firmware, software, and systems teams to resolve issues.

Skills

ASIC/SoC verification

Python scripting

FPGA emulation

Debug / troubleshooting

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or relevant field

Tools

SystemVerilog

UVM

VCS

Xcelium

Questa

Palladium

Veloce

Zebu

Job description

Meta's Infrastructure Silicon organization seeks an experienced Silicon Validation Engineer to join our team in Menlo Park. You will work across the full silicon lifecycle, from pre-silicon design input and FPGA emulation to post-silicon bring-up and deployment in production fleets.

You will define validation strategies and drive emulation bring-up. The role requires hands-on experience with RTL, emulation platforms, and software tooling; you will build automation, debug complex