Senior Hardware Emulation Engineer – Pre-Silicon Validation

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

Job summary

MatchPoint in Menlo Park, CA is seeking a Hardware Emulation Engineer for a 6-12 month extendable contract to drive pre-silicon validation. You will work on ASIC solutions for data center and AI infrastructure, using Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, or Siemens Veloce.

Required skills include Verilog/SystemVerilog, SoC knowledge, UVM/SVA, and Python/DPI scripting. Collaboration with design, verification and SW teams is essential to accelerate bug finding and improve emulation flows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 5+ years of hardware verification/emulation experience.
• Hands-on experience with Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu or Siemens Veloce.

Responsibilities

• Emulation Environment Development: Build and maintain pre-silicon emulation platforms.
• Model Integration and Optimization: Integrate RTL onto emulation platform and optimize build efficiency.
• Smoke verification to flush out emulation flow issues.
• Support validation team with comprehensive test content to accelerate bug finding.
• Collaborate with design, verification and SW teams to resolve emulation issues.
• Develop and enhance automation scripts and flows to manage regressions.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

SoC architectures

UVM/SVA

C/C++ DPI

Python scripting

Debugging tools

Education

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

Tools

Cadence Palladium

Synopsys ZeBu

Siemens Veloce

Job description

MatchPoint in Menlo Park, CA is seeking a Hardware Emulation Engineer for a 6-12 month extendable contract to drive pre-silicon validation. You will work on ASIC solutions for data center and AI infrastructure, using Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, or Siemens Veloce.

Required skills include Verilog/SystemVerilog, SoC knowledge, UVM/SVA, and Python/DPI scripting. Collaboration with design, verification and SW teams is essential to accelerate bug finding and improve emulation flows.