The team is currently seeking candidates with experience in the following technical disciplines, languages, and methodologies:
Emulation Platforms (FPGA Prototyping, Veloce, Palladium), Emulation tools (Synthesis, Place and Route, Constraints, Clocking, Timing Closure), Build Performance Analysis, Build Quality Improvement, System Debug (Waveform generation and Content Debug support)
SoC Functionality (CPU/DSP Core, Multimedia, IO, Peripherals, DDR, Modem, Bus Protocols)
Preferred Qualifications
7+ years of experience working in emulation and silicon environments. Candidates are expected to have experience in:
Design, development, and deployment of uniform global methodologies for emulation build generation and debug across FPGA based emulation platforms of various configurations
Driving emulation build performance improvements through analysis, optimization, automation, and methodology development
Cross-site collaboration, vendor engagements, and executive communication
Working independently to drive complex technical initiatives from problem identification through deployment of scalable solutions
Collaboration across architecture, design, verification, software, CAD, and system teams to drive root-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions
Mentoring and guiding junior engineers while providing technical leadership across projects and teams
Pre-silicon prototyping for new SoC designs, including pre-silicon enablement and bring-up
Bring-up of new FPGA emulation/prototyping hardware and software
Debugging low level software and hardware issues
Leading complex debug efforts involving emulation infrastructure, hardware design, software, and FPGA implementation issues
Debug tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers
Validation and debug of digital circuits
Root-cause analysis of build failures, timing issues, clocking issues, and functional failures across emulation platforms
CPU and SoC architectures, with solid understanding of SoC building blocks (interconnects, power management, PMIC, NoC, peripherals)
Basic understanding of power and performance
Expertise in Verilog / SystemVerilog
Experience with C programming
Scripting: Proficient in Python, TCL
FPGA Expertise: Xilinx/Intel FPGAs, Tools, and timing closure techniques
Development of metrics, infrastructure, and methodologies to improve emulation build quality, runtime performance, and debug efficiency
Ability to independently identify technical gaps, propose innovative solutions, and drive adoption across multiple engineering teams
Proven track record of influencing technical direction and delivering results in highly cross-functional environments
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
- OR
- Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
- OR
- PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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