Senior Emulation Engineer - SoC & NVMe

Microchip Technology Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plans

ESPP program

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Technical Staff Emulation Engineer for the Data Center Solutions (DCS) Business Unit in the San Jose area.

You will provide technical leadership for Enterprise Flash Controller products, architecting and executing emulation strategies for large-scale gate devices powering modern data centers. The role demands deep experience in SoC emulation, PCIe-based designs, and collaboration with customers and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer engineering (Master’s degree preferred).
• 12+ years of ASIC development and emulation experience.
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Teamwork, time management, and ability to work under pressure.
• Experience with all aspects of the SoC/ASIC emulation and verification flow.
• Experience with PCIe-based Enterprise Flash Controller design.
• Experience with emulation platforms, Cadence Palladium and Protium.
• Experience with ARM, RISC-V and/or MIPS CPUs is a plus.
• Experience with PCIe, DDR, and ONFI/Toggle NAND.
• Experience with on-chip interconnect and cache coherency.

Responsibilities

• Develop next-generation Data Center Storage products, including NVMe SSD controllers and PCIe-based products.
• Provide technical leadership through all phases of silicon ASIC development.
• Work with PCIe, ONFI, AMBA AXI, SAS, DDR4/5 and AVIPs to enable validation.
• Evaluate emulation platforms and provide recommendations.
• Build and maintain emulation platforms with design variants.
• Support emulation activities in pre- and post-silicon phases.
• Stay current on SOC trends and integrate them into emulation flows.
• Develop UVM-based testbenches and C-based test cases for full-chip validation.
• Create synthesizable BFMs for various protocols used in SoC design and emulation.
• Debug design, testbench, and platform issues.

Skills

SoC emulation

PCIe design

UVM testbenches

C testcases

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence Palladium

Cadence Protium

Job description

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Technical Staff Emulation Engineer for the Data Center Solutions (DCS) Business Unit in the San Jose area.

You will provide technical leadership for Enterprise Flash Controller products, architecting and executing emulation strategies for large-scale gate devices powering modern data centers. The role demands deep experience in SoC emulation, PCIe-based designs, and collaboration with customers and cross-functional teams.