Senior SOC Emulation Design Engineer – IP & Interfaces

Anysilicon; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiado, an AI-enhanced security processor company, is seeking a Senior Emulation Design Engineer in San Jose to lead emulation of large SOC designs and integrate internal and third-party IPs. The role involves configuring hosts, boot environments, and debugging complex hardware/software issues in a collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in prototyping, emulation, and SOC validation, with strong scripting skills (Python/Perl/TCL) and experience with Linux drivers and boot

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in prototyping, emulation, SOC design, and validation.
• Self-driven with strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience integrating and debugging high-speed and low-speed interfaces.
• Familiarity with embedded software bring-up and bootloader/kernel interactions.

Responsibilities

• Partition and synthesize large SOC RTL designs for emulation.
• Integrate IPs for emulation compatibility and resolve timing/connectivity issues.
• Set up and validate high-speed and low-speed interfaces.
• Configure host servers and boot environments to interact with the emulated design.
• Integrate, develop, and debug transactors, bridges, and protocol adapters as needed.
• Debug and root-cause embedded hardware, software, and test failures in emulation.
• Collaborate with RTL, DV, and SW teams to resolve system-level bugs.

Skills

Python

Perl

TCL

Hardware/software co-simulation

Linux device drivers

Bare-metal firmware

Boot loaders

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Job description

Axiado, an AI-enhanced security processor company, is seeking a Senior Emulation Design Engineer in San Jose to lead emulation of large SOC designs and integrate internal and third-party IPs. The role involves configuring hosts, boot environments, and debugging complex hardware/software issues in a collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in prototyping, emulation, and SOC validation, with strong scripting skills (Python/Perl/TCL) and experience with Linux drivers and boot