Emulation Engineer (ZeBu Preferred) Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Company Description

Hi,

Job Title: Emulation Engineer (ZeBu Preferred)

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Duration: Long Term contract

Preferred Skill: Synopsys ZeBu Emulation Platform

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Emulation Engineer with strong expertise in hardware emulation, SoC verification, and FPGA-based prototyping. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with hardware emulation platforms, preferably Synopsys ZeBu, and should be capable of developing, deploying, debugging, and optimizing emulation environments for complex SoC designs.

The candidate will work closely with RTL design, design verification, architecture, and software teams to enable pre-silicon validation and accelerate hardware/software co-verification.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and maintain hardware emulation environments for complex SoC designs.

Work on Synopsys ZeBu emulation platforms for design bring-up and verification.

Prepare RTL designs for emulation, including synthesis, partitioning, mapping, and compilation.

Debug emulation compilation and runtime issues.

Develop and integrate testbench components for hardware emulation.

Support hardware/software co-verification and early software bring-up.

Optimize emulation performance and improve simulation throughput.

Work closely with RTL and verification teams to resolve design and emulation issues.

Integrate processor models, memory models, and peripheral interfaces into emulation environments.

Support debugging of complex SoC designs using waveforms, logs, and trace analysis.

Develop scripts and automation for emulation flows.

Support regression execution and verification sign-off activities.

Required Skills :

Strong experience in hardware emulation and SoC verification.

Good understanding of digital design concepts and RTL (Verilog/SystemVerilog).

Experience with RTL synthesis and emulation implementation flows.

Knowledge of FPGA-based prototyping and hardware acceleration.

Experience with emulation debugging and performance optimization.

Understanding of SoC architecture, buses, interfaces, and IP integration.

Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Shell.

Ability to collaborate with RTL design, verification, and software teams.

Additional Information

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