Senior Staff, Emulation Engineer

Job Title

Senior Staff, Emulation Engineer

Role Summary

Work on pre-silicon emulation for connectivity SoCs to enable firmware bring-up, hardware/software co-validation, and system-level debug on Palladium, Veloce, and Zebu platforms. The role partners with design, verification, firmware, software, and post-silicon teams to ensure emulation drives program schedules and reduces silicon risk.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Typical expectation is 7+ years of relevant experience; lower years may be acceptable for candidates with an advanced technical degree.

Responsibilities

Execute emulation model bring-up, test development, and debug; build infrastructure and flows that enable firmware and system validation.

• Bring up and maintain emulation models and test environments for connectivity SoC programs on Palladium, Veloce, and Zebu.
• Implement platform configurations, transactors, speed bridges, protocol adapters, and firmware/software stacks for emulation use.
• Develop and maintain HW/SW enablement flows, scripts, and automation to support RTL validation and firmware/driver development.
• Collaborate with design, validation, firmware, and post-silicon teams to diagnose issues and improve validation coverage.
• Engage with EDA and emulation hardware vendors to resolve tooling/platform issues and improve environment stability.
• Identify and remove emulation bottlenecks and improve environment productivity, reliability, and utilization.

Requirements

Core technical skills and hands-on experience required for effective emulation engineering.

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining emulation models and environments on one or more platforms: Palladium, Veloce, Zebu.
• Experience with test planning, simulation, and debug in Verilog/SystemVerilog environments.
• Knowledge of SoC development flows, emulation-based debug, and system-level validation.
• Scripting and automation skills (Python, Perl, Tcl, and/or UNIX shell).
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with design, validation, firmware, and vendor teams.
• Strong problem-solving and system-level debug skills.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience emulating networking devices or mixed-signal systems (PHY, Layer-2/Layer-3 functionality).
• Familiarity with optical DSPs, high-speed Ethernet PHYs, or AEC/AOC enablement devices.
• Experience improving emulation infrastructure or contributing to project-wide emulation tooling.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is listed as the baseline; advanced degrees (Master's or PhD) are accepted with reduced experience expectations. The posting pairs degree level with experience expectations (e.g., Bachelor's + 7+ years; Master's/PhD + 3+ years).

About the Company

Company: Marvell Technology

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions serve as essential building blocks of the data infrastructure connecting our world, driving innovation across enterprise, cloud, AI, and carrier architectures. The company focuses on creating transformative technology that shapes the future.