Senior ICE Emulation Design Engineer
Core
Converting large, complex SOC designs and third-party IPs into emulation-ready environments for system-level validation, debugging, and performance analysis.
Role type
Senior IC emulation design engineer
Builds
Emulation environments for commercial AI servers and cloud datacenter platforms
Domain
Semiconductor hardware design and platform security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
SOC RTL design and partitioning, IP integration, high-speed interface configuration (PCIe, Ethernet, USB), low-speed interface configuration (I2C, SPI, UART), host server and boot environment setup, transactor/bridge/protocol adapter development, embedded hardware/software debugging, scripting automation (Python, Perl, TCL)
Preferred skills
Design verification, hardware/software co-simulation, Linux device drivers, bare-metal firmware, bootloaders
Technologies
PCIe, Ethernet, USB, I2C, SPI, UART, Python, Perl, TCL, RTL, SOC
Responsibilities
Partition and synthesize large SOC RTL designs for emulation; Integrate internal and third-party IPs for emulation compatibility; Configure host servers and boot environments to interact with emulated designs; Debug and root-cause embedded hardware, software, and test failures in emulation; Collaborate with RTL, DV, and SW teams to resolve system-level bugs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
