Emulation Engineer

MatX•Mountain View, CA

3d•$120,000 - $600,000•Hybrid

About The Position

MatX is seeking a Senior/Staff Emulation Engineer to build the infrastructure, flows, and debug methodology behind their advanced connectivity SoCs. The role sits in the Emulation team, but the impact is broader: you'll create reusable flows that span emulation, SoC simulation, firmware/software bring-up, and post-silicon validation. MatX is looking for a multi-disciplinary engineer with an out-of-the-box, can-do mindset — someone who sees a gap and builds the bridge, comfortable moving between RTL, software, tooling, system debug, and vendor flows. You don't need to be an expert in every area listed below. You do need a reuse-first mindset, strong software instincts, and the ability to learn quickly across boundaries.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience with SoC emulation or system-level validation.
Experience with at least one commercial emulation platform, such as Palladium.
Working Verilog/SystemVerilog and waveform-debug skills — enough to develop a custom transactor or agent when needed (with or without AI assistance). Deep RTL design expertise is not required.
Strong software and automation skills — Python plus one or more of C, C++, Rust, Tcl, or shell.
Demonstrated ability to build tools and infrastructure, not just run existing flows.
Strong system-level debug instincts spanning RTL, firmware, and software.
Ability to work independently and across functional and team boundaries.
All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and work from our offices in Mountain View Tuesdays-Thursdays.
This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicants capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining a license from U.S. export control authorities.

Nice To Haves

UVM or hybrid SoC testbench development.
Integrating cycle-accurate, software, or reference models into emulation/DV flows.
Rust in verification or emulation flows (or strong interest in adopting it).
Bazel or large-scale build/regression systems.
Reusable stimulus across simulation, emulation, and post-silicon.
AI/LLMs used to build real engineering tools — debug, triage, flow generation — beyond chat prompting.
Connectivity SoCs, PCIe/CXL, Ethernet, DMA, HBM/memory subsystems, chiplets, or interconnect fabrics.
Firmware or driver bring-up on emulation platforms.
Scaling emulation or verification infrastructure across multiple projects or product lines.

Responsibilities

Define and execute emulation strategy and test plans for complex connectivity SoCs.
Bring up and debug large-scale models on commercial emulation platforms such as Cadence Palladium, Zebu or Veloce.
Integrate external components such as SpeedBridge and VirtualBridge adapters, Accelerated VIP, and memory models — for PCIe, HBM4, Ethernet, AXI/AMBA, JTAG, and (Q)SPI. And build custom transactors where needed.
Develop HW/SW co-emulation and co-simulation flows using RTL, software/reference models (Rust, C/C++, SystemC), firmware, and software tests.
Build reusable transactors, agents, stubs, bridges, checkers, acceleration flows — including developing new transactors and agents from scratch when off-the-shelf options don't fit.
Drive emulation speed-ups and resource utilization — compile-time reduction, partitioning, clocking strategy, regression scheduling, multi-user capacity, and waveform/trace management.
Build automation for regression triage, debug, model usability, and engineering productivity.
Go beyond prompting with AI — build practical LLM-based tooling for log analysis, waveform triage, debug assistance, and flow generation, including custom skills, agents, rules, and workflows that fit our engineering stack.
Collaborate with architecture, RTL, DV, SoC, firmware, driver, kernel, validation, and EDA/vendor teams.

Benefits

A cash/equity mix that fits your needs and option to do early exercise
Company subsidized Health, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance; Pre-tax Health Savings Accounts with generous company contribution (even if you don’t)
4 weeks paid time off (accrued), 12 company holidays, and 3 weeks remote/flexible work per year
Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of your path to parenthood
$1,500 yearly towards your professional development e.g. conferences, courses, and other learning opportunities
Team Lunches, quarterly off-sites, and regular town halls
401K and/or Roth IRA, with 5% company contribution, even if you don’t!
Pre-tax spend accounts for medical, dental/vision, dependent care, parking, and transit expenses
For those commuting up to 1 hour, put your rideshare cost on our company card and reclaim the drive-time to get work done!
$50 per month to use on the perks you care about most
We work remotely Monday & Friday, supported by home-tech setup, and remote wifi expense reimbursement