Emulation Methodology Engineer

San Diego, California, United States of America March 7, 2026 Eightfold Ai
5+ 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 Cross-site collaboration, vendor engagements, and executive communication 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 Debug tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers Validation and debug of digital circuits 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 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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