Acceler8 Talent ยท 3 weeks ago
Senior Emulation Engineer
Acceler8 Talent is looking for an experienced Emulation Engineer to join a well-funded startup based out of Mountain View whose hardware promises to drastically change the economics of AI compute for the latest and most demanding models. As a Senior Emulation Engineer, you will own pre-silicon emulation and validation, working closely with various teams to achieve key silicon milestones.
Responsibilities
Own pre-silicon emulation and validation at the subsystem and full-chip level
Enabling early software bring-up
Performance analysis
Silicon risk reduction
Work closely with design, verification, architecture, and software teams to drive execution toward key silicon milestones
Qualification
Required
Experience driving emulation and pre-silicon validation from concept to working silicon
8+ years of experience in emulation, pre-silicon validation, or closely related design verification roles
Strong SystemVerilog expertise, including testbench development and debug in emulation environments
Hands-on experience with emulation platforms (e.g. Palladium, Veloce, ZeBu, Protium, or similar)
Experience using Python, C/C++, Bluespec, or similar languages for test development, modeling, and automation
Solid understanding of silicon micro-architecture, including high-performance compute, interconnects, memory systems, and data movement
Experience enabling early firmware, driver, and system software bring-up on emulated hardware
Preferred
Familiarity with hybrid verification flows (UVM + emulation)
Performance modeling
Participation in post-silicon bring-up and debug