Senior/Lead Emulation and Prototyping Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior or Lead Emulation and Prototyping Engineer to define and lead emulation strategies for IP, complex SoC and system-level projects. This role requires a strong technical leader who can work independently, while also collaborating closely with system architects and pre-silicon verification teams to drive successful pre-silicon validation, firmware development, and early software enablement using industry-leading emulation/prototyping platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

•Define and lead the emulation and prototyping strategy for IP & SoC programs to support architectural validation, functional verification, and software bring-up.

•Work closely with chip architects to understand IP & system-level design goals and translate them into emulation requirements and constraints.

•Collaborate with pre-silicon design verification engineers to integrate emulation/prototyping into the broader verification strategy and identify high-value use cases.

•Partition and map RTL designs to commercial emulation/prototyping platforms (e.g., Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, Mentor Veloce).

•Develop emulation models, transactors, and hybrid environments (e.g., simulation + emulation or virtual platforms).

•Lead bring-up and debug activities of the emulation/prototyping environment, ensuring performance, accuracy, and reusability.

•Drive the development of automated test environments, infrastructure, and scripts to enable fast deployment and repeatability.

•Support firmware and software teams with stable and functional pre-silicon platforms for development and debug.

•Maintain comprehensive documentation including emulation and prototyping setup guides, debug workflows, and system usage instructions.

•Mentor junior engineers and evangelize emulation best practices across engineering teams.

Required Qualifications:

•Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

•7+ years of hands-on experience in IP or SoC emulation/FPGA prototyping, system validation, or hardware acceleration.

•Deep expertise with emulation/prototyping platforms such as Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu, or Mentor Veloce.

•Solid understanding of RTL design, simulation, and verification flows (SystemVerilog, Verilog, UVM).

•Experience in building transactors and integrating IP blocks into emulated systems.

•Strong scripting skills (Python, Perl, TCL, shell) for automation and flow development.

•Proven ability to work cross-functionally with architects, RTL designers, and verification engineers.

•Excellent debugging and analytical skills, including hardware-software interaction debugging.