Emulation & Prototyping Engineer

About the Role

Requirements

• BSc or MSc in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 4–7 years of experience in FPGA prototyping or emulation of ASIC/SoC designs
• Strong understanding of digital design and RTL (Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL)
• Hands-on experience with at least one emulation or prototyping platform (Palladium, Protium, Veloce, ZeBu, or FPGA-based)
• Good knowledge of synthesis, timing closure, and design partitioning for FPGA and emulation
• Familiarity with verification methodologies and environments (UVM, SystemVerilog, C)
• Experience with scripting for automation (Tcl, Python, Perl, or Shell)
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Preferred experience with software bring-up, driver validation, or firmware testing on emulation
• Preferred knowledge of bus protocols (Ethernet, DDR) and debug tools (waveform viewers, logic analyzers, or emulation debug frameworks)
• Preferred background in SoC architecture and hardware/software co-design

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain FPGA and emulation platforms for large-scale SoC and ASIC designs
• Map RTL designs to FPGA and emulation platforms
• Develop test environments and infrastructure for hardware/software co-verification
• Support hardware bring-up and software validation on emulation platforms
• Collaborate with verification engineers to run regressions and accelerate debug cycles
• Optimize partitioning, synthesis, and runtime performance on emulation systems
• Work cross-functionally with RTL design, verification, and firmware/software teams

Skills