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CPU Emulation Engineer

USA💼 Full-time💰 $167,100–$167,100🗓 2026-09-05 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and build test bench infrastructure in C/C++ and SystemVerilog to support CPU emulation across multiple platforms and verify high-performance CPUs.

Role type

Senior IC CPU Emulation Engineer

Builds

Scalable emulation environments for CPU verification, OS boot, and performance benchmarks

Domain

Semiconductor / CPU Architecture / Hardware Verification

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

C/C++, SystemVerilog, Verilog, Perl, Python, Shell scripting, RISCV architecture, FPGA emulation, Cloud workload packaging, Debugging, Linux boot/firmware

Preferred skills

CPU micro-architecture, Emulation CAD tools, RISCV programmer model, Linux boot optimization

Technologies

C++, SystemVerilog, Verilog, Perl, Python, Shell, RISCV, FPGA, Linux, Cloud, REST

Responsibilities

Design and build test bench infrastructure in C/C++ and SystemVerilog; Develop verification methods for scalable emulation environments; Troubleshoot emulation performance and area challenges; Create debugging approaches for root-cause analysis; Maintain emulation environment and gather metrics; Execute verification plans including design bring-up and regression enablement

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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