Senior Emulation Engineer
Core
Run and debug system-level workloads on Synopsys ZeBu emulation platforms to validate platform security, ransomware detection, and interoperability of designs with commercial AI servers before silicon.
Role type
Senior IC emulation engineer (system validation & XTOR integration)
Builds
Emulated SoC models, XTOR configurations, and validation environments for security and compute infrastructure
Domain
Semiconductor hardware security, AI infrastructure, cloud datacenters, 5G
Required skills
Synopsys ZeBu runtime debugging, XTOR integration and bring-up, embedded firmware bring-up, high-speed interface debugging, C/C++ and Python scripting, regression test management, power/performance profiling
Preferred skills
Design verification, hardware/software co-simulation, Linux device drivers, bare-metal firmware, bootloader/kernel interactions
Technologies
Synopsys ZeBu, PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, NVMe, DDR/LPDDR, I2C/I3C/SMBus, SPI, UART, JTAG, SystemVerilog DPI, NGTB
Responsibilities
Execute and debug system-level tests, firmware, and software workloads on ZeBu emulation models; Integrate and configure ZeBu transactors and speed adapters at the testbench and runtime level; Develop host-side software and drivers that control XTORs; Triage failures and isolate root cause across RTL, firmware, driver, testbench, XTOR, and emulation environment; Run and manage long-running regressions and soak tests; Collaborate with RTL, DV and SW teams to resolve system level bugs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
