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Velaura

Senior Emulation Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

$200K - $500K/yr

Set up, own, and maintain emulation flows for the Velaura SoC on Palladium, Veloce, and/or Zebu ... Partner with architects, RTL, and verification engineers on emulation strategy, transactor ...

CYNET SYSTEMS

Emulation Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$55 - $60/hr

Pay Range: $55hr - $60hr Requirement/Must Have: * 3+ years in SoC/IP verification with emulation experience. * Strong hands-on experience with Palladium/ZeBu emulation platforms. * Good knowledge of ...

Etched.ai, Inc.

Emulation Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$2.0K/mo

Oversee SoC bring‑up on emulation platforms; diagnose and resolve failing SoC/processor tests. * Develop and maintain automated build and regression flows to accelerate pre‑silicon validation and ...

Maayee Inc

Emulation Engineer

Suwanee, GA · Remote

Adapt SoC designs for Emulation and Prototyping. Develop and debug emulation testbenches and system-level environments. Support pre-silicon validation, power/performance analysis, and early software ...

Velaura

Senior Emulation Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

$200K - $300K/yr

Set up, own, and maintain emulation flows for the Velaura SoC on Palladium, Veloce, and/or Zebu ... Partner with architects, RTL, and verification engineers on emulation strategy, transactor ...

Velaura

Senior Emulation Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

$200K - $500K/yr

Set up, own, and maintain emulation flows for the Velaura SoC on Palladium, Veloce, and/or Zebu ... Partner with architects, RTL, and verification engineers on emulation strategy, transactor ...

ARM

Staff SoC Integration and Performance Lead

Austin, TX · Hybrid

$198K - $268K/yr

... emulation and performance analysis, we influence future SoC designs. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff SoC RTL integration and Performance Analysis engineer to join our diverse team ...

Astera Labs

Principal Emulation Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$209K - $230K/yr

We are looking for a Principal Emulation Engineer with hands-on experience verifying protocols on ... developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage or Networking applications.

Socket.dev

Senior Emulation Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$122K - $168K/yr

Strong background in pre-silicon verification, validation, and SoC bring-up. * 5+ years of ... Hands-on experience with large-scale emulation platforms such as Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu ...

Samsung Semiconductor

Senior Emulation Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$122K - $168K/yr

Strong background in pre-silicon verification, validation, and SoC bring-up. * 5+ years of ... Hands-on experience with large-scale emulation platforms such as Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ZeBu ...

Astera Labs

Principal Emulation Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$209K - $230K/yr

We are looking for a Principal Emulation Engineer with hands-on experience verifying protocols on ... developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage or Networking applications.

Latent AI

Senior Silicon Emulation Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$103K - $142K/yr

Mythic's Digital Design Team is seeking a Silicon Emulation Engineer to support the development and ... Strong understanding of SoC architectures and AI accelerator design concepts * Experience with RTL ...

Conductor

Senior Emulation Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$122K - $168K/yr

Strong background in pre-silicon verification, validation, and SoC bring-up. * 5+ years of ... Hands‑on experience with large‑scale emulation platforms such as Cadence Palladium, Synopsys ...

Mythic

Senior Silicon Emulation Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$120K - $225K/yr

Mythic's Digital Design Team is seeking a Silicon Emulation Engineer to support the development and ... Strong understanding of SoC architectures and AI accelerator design concepts * Experience with RTL ...

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Senior Emulation Engineer

Santa Clara, CA • On-site

Velaura
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$200K - $500K/yr

Full-time

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Job description

Role Overview
We're looking for a Senior Emulation Engineer to bring up, own, and scale the emulation infrastructure for Velaura's next-generation Physical AI SoC. You'll set up and optimize emulation flows on industry-leading platforms and partner with architects, RTL, verification, software, and system teams to accelerate pre-silicon validation-building confidence in the correctness, performance, reliability, and safety of the design, from individual RTL blocks to full HW/SW systems running real-world workloads at emulation speed.
Responsibilities
  • Set up, own, and maintain emulation flows for the Velaura SoC on Palladium, Veloce, and/or Zebu.
  • Bring up designs on the emulator, resolving compile/elaboration, capacity/partitioning, and design-mapping issues.
  • Build and maintain regression flows, optimizing compile time, run time, throughput, and capacity utilization.
  • Support HW/SW co-verification and pre-silicon software bring-up-firmware, drivers, runtime, and OS.
  • Optimize on-emulator debug (waveform capture, triggers, visibility) and drive fast root-cause analysis across HW/SW.
  • Verify performance, latency, bandwidth, QoS, and real-time behavior under representative workloads.
  • Partner with architects, RTL, and verification engineers on emulation strategy, transactor requirements, and coverage goals.
  • Emulate compute engines, memory subsystems, interconnect fabrics, control processors, DMA engines, and other core SoC infrastructure.
  • Build automation, scripting, and CI hooks for compile and regression pipelines.
  • Contribute to FPGA prototyping, pre-silicon validation, and post-silicon debug.
  • Apply modern tools, including AI-assisted verification and debug, to improve productivity, quality, and coverage.
  • Contribute to a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications
  • 10+ years in hardware emulation and/or verification of complex digital systems.
  • Hands-on experience setting up emulation flows on Palladium, Veloce, or Zebu.
  • Ability to debug compile and elaboration issues on emulation platforms.
  • Proven ability to set up and optimize emulation regression flows for faster turnaround.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong grasp of computer, micro-, and SoC architecture and digital design fundamentals.
  • Solid understanding of CDC, clocking, and reset behavior in emulation bring-up.
  • Experience with SystemVerilog, UVM, C/C++, transactors, and assertions.
  • Understanding of memory systems, interconnects, caches, DMA engines, processors, or accelerators.
  • Experience debugging complex system-level issues across hardware and software.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills for build, regression, and CI pipelines.
  • Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with design partitioning, capacity optimization, and multi-FPGA/multi-board emulation scaling.
  • Experience with FPGA prototyping and pre-silicon software bring-up environments.
  • Experience with HW/SW co-verification and system-level validation.
  • Familiarity with low-power methodologies and their verification/emulation criteria.
  • Experience with AI, machine learning, or edge AI hardware.
  • Familiarity with robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles, or industrial automation systems.
  • Experience verifying or emulating QoS, latency-sensitive, or real-time systems.
  • Exposure to performance modeling, profiling, and workload characterization.
  • Experience with one or more of the following standards: ISO 26262, IEC 61508, IEC 61511, ISO 13849.
  • Experience using modern AI tools and workflows to accelerate engineering productivity.

Background in CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, networking and communications silicon, storage and data movement architectures, robotics and autonomous systems, automotive and ADAS platforms, aerospace and defense systems, real-time and safety-critical computing, or functional safety architectures and methodologies.
$200,000 - $500,000 a year
Compensation & Benefits
At Velaura, we believe exceptional talent deserves exceptional rewards. Compensation for this role includes a competitive base salary, performance-based incentives, and equity participation, allowing team members to share in the company's long-term success.
Your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
In addition to compensation, Velaura offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off; flexible work arrangements; professional development opportunities; and other benefits designed to support the well-being and growth of our team.
Velaura is committed to pay equity and transparency and regularly benchmarks compensation to ensure we remain competitive in the market.
Why Velaura?
Velaura is building next-generation compute technology for cloud, edge, and Physical AI. Our solutions will enable robots, autonomous systems, drones, and other intelligent machines to operate efficiently in the physical world.
This is an opportunity to help build foundational technology at a time when the industry is undergoing fundamental change. You will work alongside experienced leaders, architects, engineers, and operators who have delivered industry-defining products across mobile, cloud, semiconductor, and AI platforms. If you enjoy solving difficult problems, working across disciplines, and helping shape the future of Physical AI, we would love to hear from you.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Accommodations
Velaura is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. We also take affirmative action to offer employment
opportunities to minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.
Velaura is committed to working with qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants who would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or who need special assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact us at: [email protected]. This contact
information is for accommodation requests only. Evaluation of requests for reasonable accommodation will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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