Senior Emulation Engineer

About the job
Senior Emulation Engineer – Palladium / ZeBu
Location: Bengaluru, KarnatakaExperience: 6+ YearsNotice Period: 0–30 Days preferredRole OverviewWe are looking for an experienced Senior Emulation Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Cadence Palladium and/or Synopsys ZeBu platforms. The role involves pre-silicon SoC verification, hardware emulation, debug, and validation of complex designs.ResponsibilitiesDevelop and execute hardware emulation environments for complex SoC/ASIC designs.
Work hands-on with Cadence Palladium and/or Synopsys ZeBu emulation platforms.
Support RTL bring-up, compilation, mapping, execution, and debug on emulation platforms.
Develop and integrate testbenches, transactors, interfaces, and emulation models.
Debug RTL and system-level issues using emulation and simulation methodologies.
Collaborate with RTL, Design Verification, Architecture, Firmware, and SoC teams.
Analyze emulation failures and improve test execution and debug efficiency.
Support pre-silicon validation and software/firmware execution on emulated designs.
Qualifications6+ years of experience in SoC/ASIC verification, hardware emulation, or pre-silicon validation.
Hands-on experience with at least one of the following is mandatory:
Cadence Palladium
Synopsys ZeBu
Strong understanding of RTL, Verilog/SystemVerilog, and SoC verification flows.
Experience with emulation bring-up, compilation, debugging, and test execution.
Good understanding of UVM, simulation, and pre-silicon verification methodologies.
Scripting/programming experience in Python, Tcl, Shell, C/C++, or similar is preferred.
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
Notice period of 0–30 days preferred.
Candidates available to work from Bengaluru in a hybrid setup.

Work arrangement
Hybrid