Emulation Engineer / Emulation Platform Engineer

Qualcomm•Austin, TX

1d•$154,000 - $231,000

About The Position

Looking for an experienced Emulation Engineer to manage, build, and launch verification jobs on hardware emulation platforms (e.g., Veloce, Palladium, ZeBu). You will work closely with design and verification teams to accelerate pre-silicon validation and ensure high-quality RTL delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
2+ years of experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
Proficiency in SystemVerilog (RTL and/or testbench)
Strong Git usage: branching, merging, managing flows across teams
Hands-on experience with at least one emulation platform (Veloce, Palladium, ZeBu, or similar)
Angel debug monitor — experience with the ARM Angel semihosting protocol for early-stage target bring-up, host-target communication, and low-level diagnostics
Understanding of emulation compilation flows (partitioning, clock domain handling, memory modeling)
Scripting skills: Python, Tcl, or Shell for job automation and flow management
Familiarity with UVM-based verification environments

Nice To Haves

Experience with SystemVerilog DPI or transactor-based emulation interfaces
Background in FPGA synthesis or logic equivalence checking
Knowledge of CDC (clock domain crossing) analysis and constraints
Experience with LSF, Slurm, or similar job schedulers
Familiarity with embedded operating systems (e.g., Zephyr, FreeRTOS, embedded Linux) and their bring-up on emulated or FPGA-based platforms

Responsibilities

Set up, configure, and maintain emulation platforms (e.g., Veloce) for design bring-up and regression runs
Compile and partition RTL designs for emulation, resolving synthesis and mapping issues
Develop and maintain job scripts, infrastructure, and automation for launching and monitoring emulation runs
Collaborate with DV engineers to port testbenches and verification environments to the emulation platform
Debug emulation targets using Angel debug monitor, including semihosting for I/O and diagnostics during early bring-up
Manage job scheduling and resource allocation across shared emulation hardware
Track and report emulation run results; triage failures and escalate blockers
Maintain version-controlled flows and scripts using Git