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Senior FPGA/Emulation Validation Engineer

San Jose, CA, us💼 Full-time💰 $80,000–$80,000🗓 2026-04-29 → 2026-09-30

Core

Design verification, debugging, and system integration for SOC architecture using FPGA and emulation platforms to achieve pre-silicon goals.

Role type

Senior IC FPGA/Emulation Validation Engineer

Builds

Pre-silicon emulation and prototyping environments for SOC ASIC designs

Domain

Semiconductor hardware security, AI infrastructure, cloud datacenters, 5G

Required skills

FPGA platform expertise, emulation platform expertise, SOC architecture knowledge, Vivado tool proficiency, protocol familiarity (PCIe, USB, Ethernet, SPI), firmware/software on SOC understanding

Preferred skills

BS or MS in EE/EECS/CS

Technologies

Vivado, FPGA tools, emulation platforms

Responsibilities

Set up FPGA/emulation platforms and device modeling, configure debugging tools, customize SOC designs for emulation, create and run validation tests, support software debugging

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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