Emulation Software Engineer

Job Title

Emulation Software Engineer

Role Summary

Develop and maintain emulation software and infrastructure to support SoC bring-up, pre-silicon validation, and software development. Work closely with hardware design, DV, silicon validation, performance, and software teams to diagnose issues and accelerate delivery.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Specific years of experience were not specified in the posting.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on emulation platform bring-up, debugging, and tooling to speed pre-silicon validation and software development.

• Oversee SoC bring-up and debug on emulation platforms; diagnose and resolve failing SoC/processor tests.
• Develop software and tooling to capture debug signals and present actionable insights.
• Implement and optimize DPI-based transactors and hybrid emulation environments for streaming traffic.
• Support in-circuit emulation for high-speed protocols and perform coverage analysis.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external emulation vendors to improve platform capabilities and performance.
• Create configurable chip‑to‑chip network models using emulation-efficient primitives.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and practical experience required to perform the role.

• Hands-on experience with emulation platforms such as Palladium, Protium, Veloce, or Zebu (bring-up, build flows, debugging, performance tuning).
• Strong C/C++ and Linux system development experience.
• Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog and experience with DPI-based interfaces.
• Experience with scripting for automation (Python preferred).
• Strong debugging skills and experience capturing and analyzing hardware/software interactions.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with UVM-based verification environments.
• Background in design verification, DFT, and testbench modeling.
• Familiarity with waveform debug tools such as Verdi or SimVision.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Etched

Headquarters: San Jose, CA, United States

Etched develops purpose-built AI inference ASICs and systems optimized for transformer models, aiming to deliver significantly higher performance, lower cost, and lower latency than GPUs. The company focuses on enabling applications like real-time video generation and advanced reasoning agents, and is backed by leading investors and engineers.