Silicon Emulation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Design, Verification, and Software teams to simulate future silicon designs and software on an emulation platform, targeting functional and performance validation and left-shift of software development
• Design, implement, and optimize emulation testbenches, balancing performance and debug capabilities based on user needs and hardware constraints
• Write end-to-end synthesizable transactors to interact with emulated designs through software APIs and C-DPI
• Triage and root-cause failures alongside emulation users, leveraging waveforms, software logging, and custom-built emulation monitors
• Assist with post-silicon bring-up, debug, and characterization
• Build infrastructure to support the emulation user base, including tools for model build, regression, automation, continuous integration, data analysis, and training

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering or related field and 5 years of silicon development experience.
• Experience with at least one major hardware emulation platform (Palladium, Zebu, Veloce, Protium, HAPS).
• High level of proficiency with one or more of the following emulation approaches: virtual prototyping, testbench acceleration, hybrid emulation, in-circuit emulation (speed bridge), QEMU, or VirtualBox

Experience with SystemVerilog and design verification methodologies

• Programming and scripting (C++, Python, or TCL) for automation, test development, debug flows, and release process.
• Strong debug and problem-solving ability across hardware and software

Preferred

• Experience with AXI/AMBA, PCIe, DRAM, and Ethernet interfaces

Performance and power analysis techniques

• Experience with JTAG, DFT, UART, SPI, GPIO and other test/low-speed interfaces
• Knowledge of advanced design verification methods (coverage, gate-level simulation, assertions, and UVM).
• Post-silicon debug software (e.g. Trace32, OpenOCD, TARMAC) and lab bench tools (analyzers, scopes, meters)
• Understanding of bare metal programming, embedded systems, Linux internals, operating systems, boot loaders, drivers, and firmware

We prefer

The expected base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

• $2,600,000
• $2,990,000 TWD