ASIC Emulation Engineer
AMD· enterprise· Semiconductors· Sep 10, 2026 · 2mo ago
Santa Clara, California
In office
Full-time
Mid
$94K–$146K est.
Job description
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MTS SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER
THE ROLE:
AMD’s Network Technologies Solutions Group (NTSG) develops advanced networking silicon and software for data center, cloud, and enterprise infrastructure.
We are seeking a hands-on MTS ASIC Emulation Engineer to lead emulation of complex networking subsystems and SoCs using ZeBu, Veloce, and Palladium platforms. You will define emulation strategy, build scalable environments, enable hardware-software co-verification, and drive functional and performance validation before silicon.
You will work on next-generation technologies spanning high-speed Ethernet, PCIe, DMA, RDMA, packet processing, traffic management, embedded processors, firmware, and complete system use cases.
THE PERSON:
The ideal candidate combines deep ASIC knowledge with strong emulation, debug, and software skills. You can take a large design from RTL handoff through compilation, bring-up, workload enablement, regression, performance analysis, and verification closure.
You are equally comfortable debugging RTL, transactors, test environments, firmware, software, and system interactions. You remain hands-on while providing technical leadership, improving methodology, and coordinating across architecture, design, DV, firmware, software, FPGA, and silicon-validation teams.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Emulation Architecture & Platform Bring-Up
• Define emulation strategy for complex networking IP, subsystems, and SoCs.
• Bring up and deploy designs on ZeBu, Veloce, Palladium, or equivalent platforms.
• Develop reusable emulation environments, transactors, and infrastructure.
• Drive platform readiness, scalability, stability, and validation closure.
Hardware-Software Co-Verification
• Enable firmware boot, driver development, operating-system bring-up, and system-level workloads prior to silicon.
• Develop and execute end-to-end validation scenarios spanning hardware, firmware, and software.
• Partner closely with firmware and software teams to accelerate product development and debug.
Networking & Performance Validation
• Validate networking and I/O subsystems including Ethernet, PCIe, DMA, RDMA, packet processing, and traffic management.
• Execute long-running workloads and use cases that are impractical in RTL simulation.
• Verify throughput, latency, QoS, congestion, and system-level performance against architectural goals.
Execution, Debug & Leadership
• Debug complex issues across RTL, emulation infrastructure, firmware, drivers, and software stacks.
• Drive workload enablement, regression health, failure triage, and validation closure.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, verification, and silicon-validation teams.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across emulation activities.
LANGUAGES & TOOLS
Required
• Strong hands-on experience with ZeBu, Veloce, Palladium, or equivalent hardware emulation platforms.
• Strong debug skills spanning RTL, firmware, software, and system-level interactions.
• Experience with transactors, emulation environments, and hardware-software co-verification.
• Proficiency in C/C++, Python, Tcl, Shell, or equivalent scripting languages.
Preferred
• Experience with high-speed Ethernet, RDMA/RoCE, PCIe Gen5/Gen6, or advanced networking architectures.
• Experience with packet-processing pipelines, switch fabrics, traffic managers, schedulers, or QoS architectures.
• Experience with performance validation, silicon bring-up, diagnostics, or post-silicon debug.
• Experience leading technical projects and mentoring engineers
Deep expertise in one emulation platform and strong system-level debug skills are more important than experience with every platform or technology listed.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, with relevant industry experience.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
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